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The South's oldest private Baptist university, chartered in 1833 in Penfield and named for clergyman Jesse Mercer. It relocated to Macon in 1871 and became a leading source of Georgia's Baptist ministry and civic leadership.
Historical Marker
Mercer University (1959)
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About this site
Mercer University is a historical marker in Macon, Bibb County, erected in 1959. It is one of 88 historical markers documented in Bibb County, among 199 historic sites cataloged across the county on Georgia Roam.
The site sits at 32.8314, -83.6472 near Macon. The nearest cataloged historic site is Lee, W. G., Alumni House (historic place), about under a tenth of a mile away. Others within a short drive include Mercer University Administration Building, Mercer University, Hardman Hall, and Brown Gallery.
This record is drawn from Georgia historical-marker records. Use the map below for its exact position and turn-by-turn directions.
Also at or near Macon, Bibb County
“Mercer University” names 2 distinct records in Bibb County. This page is the historical marker erected in 1959 in Macon. The others:
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