First District Agricultural and Mechanical School

Founded in 1906 after Bulloch citizens out-bid rival counties, this farm-and-trade school taught rural youth modern agriculture and homemaking. It evolved through teachers college into today's Georgia Southern University.

First District Agricultural and Mechanical School is a historical marker in Statesboro, Bulloch County. It is one of 40 historical markers documented in Bulloch County, among 134 historic sites cataloged across the county on Georgia Roam.

The site sits at 32.4261, -81.7828 near Statesboro. The nearest cataloged historic site is Marvin Summers Pittman (historical marker), about under a tenth of a mile away. Others within a short drive include Integration of Georgia Southern, Pioneer Turpentining Experiment, and Georgia Southern University.

This record is drawn from Georgia historical-marker records. Use the map below for its exact position and turn-by-turn directions.