In 1867, two years after the end of the American Civil War, the Augusta Institute was founded by Rev. Frank Quarles. In 1879, it changed its name to Atlanta Baptist Seminary. In 1885, the college moved to its present location, and two years later was renamed Atlanta Baptist College. In 1913, it was again renamed Morehouse College in honor of Henry L. Morehouse, the secretary of the Northern Baptist Home Missions Society.