In 1872, control of the institution was transferred from the Methodist Church to the State of Alabama for financial reasons. The school reopened in 1866 after the end of the Civil War, its only closure. It sits today on the lawn next to Samford Hall. To commemorate Auburn's contribution to the Civil War, a cannon lathe used for the manufacture of cannons for the Confederate Army and recovered from Selma, Alabama, was presented to the college in 1952 by brothers of the Delta Chapter of the Alpha Phi Omega fraternity. The campus was a training ground for the Confederate Army, and 'Old Main' served as a hospital for Confederate wounded. Classes were held in 'Old Main' until the college was closed due to the war when most of the students and faculty left to enlist.

Sasnett, and the school opened its doors in 1859 to a student body of eighty and a faculty of ten.Īuburn's early history is inextricably linked with the Civil War and the Reconstruction-era South. Its first president was Reverend William J. The Alabama Legislature chartered the institution as the East Alabama Male College on February 1, 1856, coming under the guidance of the Methodist Church in 1859. Main article: History of Auburn University 'Old Main', the first building on Auburn's campus, was destroyed by fire in 1887 In 1967, the Alabama legislature chartered an additional campus in Montgomery which is governed by the Auburn University Board of Trustees as a member of the Auburn University system. In 1960, its name was changed to Auburn University to acknowledge the varied academic programs and larger curriculum of a major university. In 1892, it became the first four-year coeducational school in Alabama, and in 1899 was renamed Alabama Polytechnic Institute (API) to reflect its changing mission.

In 1872, under the Morrill Act, it became the state's first land-grant university and was renamed the Agricultural and Mechanical College of Alabama. Īuburn was chartered on February 1, 1856, as East Alabama Male College, a private liberal arts school affiliated with the Methodist Episcopal Church, South. The university is classified among 'R1: Doctoral Universities – Very High Research Activity' and its alumni include five Rhodes Scholars and five Truman Scholars. It is one of the state's two flagship public universities. With more than 24,600 undergraduate students and a total enrollment of more than 30,000 with 1,330 faculty members, Auburn is the second-largest university in Alabama. Auburn University ( AU or Auburn) is a public land-grant research university in Auburn, Alabama, US.

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