Mount Meigs Campus

[2][3] The 780-acre (320 ha) campus, which can house 264 boys, is next to Interstate 85 North and about 15 miles (24 km) east of Downtown Montgomery.

[4][5] In 1888, Cornelia Bowen was recommended by Booker T. Washington to establish a school for boys and girls in the Mount Meigs area.

In 1908, the State Federation of Colored Women's Clubs, of which Bowen was president, established a second school on the grounds of the institute.

[9][10][11] On March 27, 1915, the Hampton Institute Camera Club, known for its illustrations of Paul Laurence Dunbar's poetry, staged a photo sale for the benefit of the Mt.

[14] There was controversy, in April 2008, when parent Glenn Herrmann said authorities surrounded his Randolph County home and accused him of helping his son break free at the Mount Meigs Campus.