1891
Halle Tanner Dillon Johnson became the first female physician to practice medicine in Alabama, after passing the rigorous Alabama Medical Examination, that took 10 days. Her score was 78. She became the physician for Tuskegee Institute.
1893
Tuskegee Institute developed the first Alabama architecture training program.
1898
Tuskegee Institute became the first black institution to teach electrical engineering.
1898
Tuskegee Institute was the first location in Macon County, Alabama to install an electric power plant, moving the campus from gas to electric power. This also provided electricity to the train depot on North Main Street and many homes in downtown Tuskegee.
1898
Tuskegee Institute’s Chapel became the first Macon County building with electric lights.
1899
Booker T. Washington built the Oaks, which was the first house in Macon County to have electricity.
1899
George Washington Carver established the first weather station, in Macon County, at Tuskegee Institute.
1895
Tuskegee Institute had the largest Alabama college student population, of any school in the state, with almost 800 students.
1895
Margaret Washington became the first President of the National Association of Colored Women.
1897 02-15
George Washington Carver established the first Agriculture Experiment station at Tuskegee, through the Alabama Legislature.
1902
Dr. John A. Kenney, Sr. established the first Colored Nurses Training School at Tuskegee Institute.
1902
Tuskegee Institute built the first colored hospital (Pinehurst) in Alabama. The hospital was administered and operated by black doctors and nurses, to treat Tuskegee Institute students and staff. It was funded with a donation from Mrs Bennett of New Haven, CT.