Spring Hill College was founded by the first bishop of Mobile, Michael Portier. After purchasing a site for the College on a hill near Mobile, Bishop Portier went to France to find teachers and funds for the new college. Upon his return he rented a hotel next to the college grounds and started the first semester on May 1, 1830, with an enrollment of 30 students. On July 4 of the same year the bishop laid the cornerstone of the first permanent building. It stood on the site of the present
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ADDRESS
AL 36608 Mobile
Alabama
United States
Phone: (251) 380-3030
Fax: Not found
http://www.shc.edu/
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