58: Spring Hill College.
Location: Old Shell Rd (1/2 blk w. of Tuthill).
Text: Founded 1830. The first institution of higher learning in Alabama. Federal troops
bivouacked here after Mobile fell, April 12, 1865. The college has been under the Jesuit
Fathers since 1847. [Also see marker numbers 32 and 56.]Historic Mobile Preservation
Society 1951 |
