[a] It was conceived in 1850 by Grand Master Elbert H. English and received a state charter the same year.
[1] It was used as a Confederate and then Union Army hospital during the American Civil War until 1867 when it returned to scholastic use.
The campus was sold in 1889 and its buildings burned in 1890.
[2] E. H. English's address at the cornerstone laying in 1857 is extant.
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