State Teachers and Agricultural College / Hubbard Training School

Begun in 1902 by educator William Merida Hubbard as a school for Black children, it became Georgia's first accredited Black vocational school and, in 1931, a state teachers college before its work passed to Fort Valley State.

State Teachers and Agricultural College / Hubbard Training School is a historical marker in Forsyth, Monroe County, erected in 2002. It is one of 16 historical markers documented in Monroe County, among 87 historic sites cataloged across the county on Georgia Roam.

The site sits at 33.0240, -83.9546 near Forsyth. The nearest cataloged historic site is State Teachers and Agricultural College for Negroes Women's Dormitory and Teachers' Cottage (historic place), about under a tenth of a mile away. Others within a short drive include Rest Haven Memorial Cemetery, Monroe Hills Memorial Gardens, and Monroe County.

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