Slaton's Academy

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Title

Slaton's Academy

Subject

Education; Lee County, AL; Slaton's Academy; Antebellum Era; Auburn, AL; Oak Bowery Academy; Slaton, William F.; East Alabama Male College; Methodist Church; Religion

Description

In 1857, this institution opened on the corner of what is now Tichenor Avenue and North Gay Street. Slaton’s Academy functioned as a preparatory school for young men pursuing admission to East Alabama Male College. William F. Slaton, a local Methodist, founded the school and served as its headmaster. Slaton was previously the headmaster of Oak Bowery Academy in Chambers County, but was persuaded by Auburn’s residents to relocate after plans for the men’s college were announced.

Creator

Taylor McGaughy

Source

Image Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Lissoy/sandbox2

Text Source: Ralph Draughon, Jr., Delos Hughes, and Ann Pearson, Lost Auburn: A Village Remembered in Period Photographs (Montgomery: NewSouth Books, 2012), 48.

Publisher

Alabama Cultural Resource Survey

Date

2014-11-26

Contributor

Taylor McGaughy

Format

JPEG and Text

Language

English

Type

Still Image and Text