Samford University Warning: You are not logged in. Your IP address will be publicly visible if you make any edits. If you log in or create an account, your edits will be attributed to your username, along with other benefits.Anti-spam check. Do not fill this in! ==Campus== Samford has moved four times during its history. Originally, Howard College was located in [[Marion, Alabama]], a [[Black Belt (region of Alabama)|black-belt]] town between [[Selma, Alabama|Selma]] and [[Tuscaloosa, Alabama|Tuscaloosa]]; it was later the birthplace of [[Coretta Scott King]]. The college moved twice in the town. Its second campus is now the home of [[Marion Military Institute]]. In 1887, the college moved to the East Lake community in [[Birmingham, Alabama|Birmingham]] across the street from Ruhama Baptist Church. The university is now located approximately {{convert|5|mi|km|0}} south of downtown Birmingham in [[Homewood, Alabama]]'s Shades Valley along [[Alabama State Route 149|Lakeshore Drive]] in Homewood, just {{convert|2|mi|km|0}} from [[Interstate 65 in Alabama|Interstate 65]]. It is built in the [[Georgian architecture|Georgian Colonial style]] based on [[Colonial Williamsburg]] as envisioned by Lena Vail Davis, wife of then President Harwell Davis when the campus was moved to the Shades Valley area of Jefferson County in 1953-57.<ref>[https://www.samford.edu/about/history History]samford.edu {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141228101059/http://www.samford.edu/about/history/ |date=2014-12-28 }}</ref> The campus was designed by the Birmingham architectural firm Van Keuren & Davis, and most later buildings have also been designed by the same firm, known as Davis Architects since 1986.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Davis Architects - Bhamwiki|url=https://www.bhamwiki.com/w/Davis_Architects#Projects|access-date=2020-06-07|website=www.bhamwiki.com}}</ref> In 1983 the university established a study center in London, England, to facilitate students studying abroad. Named the Daniel House, the center is located at 12 Ashburn Gardens in South Kensington and hosts 15-24 students each semester.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Chapman |first=David |date=December 13, 2018 |title=The Secrets of the Daniel House |url=https://www.samford.edu/news/2018/12/The-Secrets-of-the-Daniel-House |access-date=2022-03-30 |website=Samford University |language=en}}</ref> In 2014 the university purchased the campus of the [[Southern Progress Corporation]] which borders its main campus to the east. (The land had originally been part of Samford's undeveloped campus and was previously sold by Samford to Southern Progress.) The three huge buildings on the former Southern Progress campus are strikingly modern in their architecture and nestled among trees. This contrasts with the Georgian Colonial classicism of the central campus.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2014-11-04 |title=Samford University intends to buy Southern Progress campus from Time Inc. |url=https://www.al.com/news/birmingham/2014/11/report_samford_university_to_b.html |access-date=2022-03-30 |website=al |language=en}}</ref> Summary: Please note that all contributions to Christianpedia may be edited, altered, or removed by other contributors. If you do not want your writing to be edited mercilessly, then do not submit it here. You are also promising us that you wrote this yourself, or copied it from a public domain or similar free resource (see Christianpedia:Copyrights for details). Do not submit copyrighted work without permission! Cancel Editing help (opens in new window) Discuss this page