Old Morrison, Transylvania College
- Also Known As: Old Morrison Building also Morrison College
- Address: W 3rd St
- Vicinity: Btw Upper St and Broadway
Y/M/D | Person | Association | Description | Composition | Food | Event |
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Y/M/D | Person | Association | Description | Composition | Food | Event |
1825/00/00 | Rev James Craik | Education | James Craik enters Transylvania College to study medicine, but he switches his studies to law. In 1826 he leaves the college to establish a law practice in Kanawha County, Virginia. | |||
1825/05/16 | Marquis de Lafayette | Guest of Honor | Lafayette attends a military parade, speaks at Transylvania University and at the Lexington Female Academy in Lexington KY, May 16-17 | Lafayette's Triumphal Tour of America | ||
1829/00/00 | Transylvania College's main building is destroyed by fire. | |||||
1834/00/00 | Gideon Shryock | Architect | Old Morrison is built in 1834. In his will, Col James Morrison bequeaths $40,000-$50,000 to the University to build a new building with Henry Clay as the executor of his will. | |||
1834/00/00 | Henry Clay | Work | Old Morrison is built in 1834. In his will, Col James Morrison bequeaths $40,000-$50,000 to the University to build a new building with Henry Clay as the executor of his will. | |||
1838/00/00 | Dr Louis Marshall | Work | Louis Marshall becomes president pro-tern of Transylvania College. He will stay in this position until 1840. | |||
1855/00/00 | James Hillary Mulligan | Education | Mulligan attends the dame-school of good old Mrs Lord, and thence in various schools including three years under the Rev James Gunn, five years under the noted educator, Abram S Drake - the last three in Transylvania High School. | |||
1855/00/00 | Dr Louis Marshall | Work | Louis Marshall returns to the role of president pro-tern of Transylvania College. | |||
1856/00/00 | Lewis W Green | Work | Lewis W Green serves as President of Transylvania University, Lexington, Kentucky, for about a year, 1856-1857. | |||
1869/00/00 | James Hillary Mulligan | Education | James Mulligan receives his law degree from Kentucky University (now Transylvania University). |
Particulars for Old Morrison, Transylvania College: | |
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Sight Category | Building |
Higher Learning | College |
Area of Significance | Education |
Architectural Style | Greek Revival |
Criteria | Historic Event |
Level of Significance | National |
Owner | Private |
Disposition | Reconstructed Property |
Work | Type | AsNotedIn | Creator | Note |
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All the King's Men (book) | Book | Robert Penn Warren | Part of "All the King's Men" is set at Transylvania University. |
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