Terre Haute [Home of St Mary-of-the-Woods]

Location: North side of US 40, 2 miles east of Terre Haute (Vigo County, Indiana)

Marker No Longer Standing. See Related Marker 84.2009.1 Saint Theodora Guerin.

Installed: Terre Haute Chamber of Commerce

ID#: 84.1947.4

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Home of St. Mary-of-the-Woods College founded in 1840 by Mother Guérin; Indiana State Teachers College, founded 1865 by statute; Rose Polytechnic Institute founded 1874 by Chauncey Rose.

Keywords

Education, Religion