- Collection:
- Georgia Historical Markers
- Title:
- Site - Cherokee Baptist College historical marker
- Creator:
- Seibert, David, 1941-2020
- Date of Original:
- 1996/2014
- Subject:
- Historical markers--Georgia--Bartow County
Universities and colleges--Georgia--Cassville
Women's colleges--Georgia--Cassville - Location:
- United States, Georgia, Bartow County, Cassville, 34.24482, -84.85216
- Medium:
- photographs
- Type:
- Still Image
- Format:
- image/jpeg
- Description:
- Location: Firetower Road off U.S. 41 at Cassville
Text of marker: "SITE - CHEROKEE BAPTIST COLLEGE. On Chapman Hill; a school for boys established Jan. 1854. A large three-story brick bldg. flanked by two-story wings. Burned 1856; rebuilt 1857, destroyed by Federal forces Oct. 12, 1864. This, & the Methodist Female College 3/4 mi. N.E., were the first chartered institutions of higher education in Cherokee Georgia. Their destruction, together with the burning of Cassville, marked the passing of a notable educational center in this section of the state. 008-22 GEORGIA HISTORICAL COMMISSION 1953" - External Identifiers:
- Metadata URL:
- https://dlg.usg.edu/record/dlg_ghm_site-cherokee-baptist-college
- Digital Object URL:
- http://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/do:dlg_ghm_site-cherokee-baptist-college
- Language:
- eng
- Rights Holder:
- Copyright held by David Seibert. Please contact markers@davidseibert.com about commercial reproduction and use
- Holding Institution:
- Digital Library of Georgia
- Rights:
-
