Andrew Female College. This institution was founded in 1854 and conducted under the auspices of the South Georgia Conference of the Methodist Church. It was named for Bishop James O. Andrew (1794-1871), a noted pioneer leader of Methodism. Augustus Alden was the first college president. This college has been a great source of supply for school teachers in Southwest Georgia. During the War Between the States the buildings were used for a Confederate hospital. In 1892, the college was destroyed by fire and more modern buildings were erected. 120-2A GEORGIA HISTORIC MARKER 1983

Town Square, Cuthbert, GA, United States

Andrew College. Cuthbert is the Site of Andrew College, founded here January 1854. named in honor of Bishop James O. Andrew whose refusal to free his Wife's slaves separated the Northern and Southern Methodist Episcopal Churches (1844). First President - Augustus Alden, of Yale, a pioneer in Georgia for higher education. The second college chartered to confer graduate degrees upon women. Served as a Confederate Hospital 1863-65. The first women's college in the South to include Physical Education in its curriculum (1867). Today, a fully accredited Junior College, it has upheld throughout a century the highest principles of educated, Christian womanhood. GHM 120-5 GEORGIA HISTORICAL COMMISSION 1953

U.S. 82W, at Andrew Street, Cuthbert, GA, United States