Tuskegee Institute
Tuskegee University is a private, historically black land-grant university in Tuskegee, Alabama, United States. It was founded as a normal school for teachers on July 4, 1881, by the Alabama Legislature.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: University
- Description: private, historically black university located in Tuskegee, Alabama, USA
- Also known as: “TU”, “Tuskegee Normal and Industrial Institute”, “Tuskegee Normal and Industrial School”, and “Tuskegee University”
- Address: 1200 West Montgomery Road, Tuskegee, 36088
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Grey Columns and Macon County Courthouse.
Grey Columns
Historic building
Photo: SaveRivers, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Grey Columns, at 399 Old Montgomery Rd. in Tuskegee, Alabama, was built as a plantation house from 1854 to 1857. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1980. Grey Columns is situated 3,200 feet southeast of Tuskegee Institute.
Macon County Courthouse
Courthouse
Photo: Calvin Beale, Public domain.
Macon County Courthouse is a historic county courthouse in downtown Tuskegee, Alabama, county seat of Macon County, Alabama. A brick courthouse was constructed in the middle of the 19th century, replacing wooden structures used earlier. Macon County Courthouse is situated 1 mile east of Tuskegee Institute.
Tuskegee Airmen National Historic Site
Museum
Photo: SaveRivers, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Tuskegee Airmen National Historic Site, at Moton Field in Tuskegee, Alabama, commemorates the contributions of African-American airmen in World War II. Tuskegee Airmen National Historic Site is situated 2½ miles northeast of Tuskegee Institute.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Tuskegee.
Tuskegee
Photo: Saverivers, Public domain.
Tuskegee, is in the River Heritage area, and county seat of Macon County, Alabama. Tuskegee is an important place in African American and American history.
Tuskegee Institute
Latitude
32.43008° or 32° 25′ 48″ northLongitude
-85.70748° or 85° 42′ 27″ westElevation
417 feet (127 metres)Open location code
864PC7JV+22OpenStreetMap ID
way 469894886OpenStreetMap feature
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Welsh—“Tuskegee Institute” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “جامعة توسكيجي”
- Armenian: “Թասքիգիի համալսարան”
- Belarusian: “Універсітэт Таскігі”
- Catalan: “Institut de Tuskegee”
- Chinese: “塔斯克基学院”
- Chinese: “塔斯卡極大學”
- Chinese: “塔斯基吉大学”
- Dutch: “Tuskegee University”
- Esperanto: “Universitato je Tuskegee”
- French: “Institut Tuskegee”
- French: “université Tuskegee”
- French: “Université Tuskegee”
- Georgian: “ტასკეგის უნივერსიტეტი”
- German: “Tuskegee University”
- Hebrew: “אוניברסיטת טסקיגי”
- Inari Sami: “Tuskegee instituut”
- Inari Sami: “Tuskegee ollâopâttâh”
- Indonesian: “Universitas Tuskegee”
- Irish: “Ollscoil Tuskegee”
- Italian: “Università di Tuskegee”
- Japanese: “タスキーギ大学”
- Japanese: “タスキーギ工業師範学校”
- Japanese: “タスキーギ研究所”
- Northern Sami: “Tuskegee instituhtta”
- Northern Sami: “Tuskegee universitehta”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Tuskegee University”
- Norwegian: “Tuskegee University”
- Persian: “دانشگاه تاسکگی”
- Portuguese: “Universidade de Tuskegee”
- Portuguese: “Universidade Tuskegee”
- Romanian: “Universitatea Tuskegee”
- Russian: “Университет Таскиги”
- Sinhala: “ටස්කිගී විශ්වවිද්යාලය”
- Skolt Sami: “Tuskegee institutt”
- Skolt Sami: “Tuskegee universiteʹtt”
- South Azerbaijani: “تاسکیگی بیلیمیوردو”
- Spanish: “Universidad de Tuskegee”
- Spanish: “Universidad Tuskegee”
- Swedish: “Tuskegee University”
- Ukrainian: “Університет Таскігі”
- Urdu: “ٹسکیگی یونیورسٹی”
- Welsh: “Prifysgol Tuskegee”
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