Behind the Name: Annie Merner Pfeiffer Chapel
Henry and Annie Merner Pfeiffer
Henry Pfeiffer (1857-1939) was founder of the Pfeiffer Chemical Company. Annie Merner Pfeiffer (1860-1946) served in various capacities with the Methodist Episcopal Church Woman's Home Missionary Society. The Pfeiffers did not have children, instead directing time and money to Church charities.
The Annie Merner Pfeiffer Chapel became the cornerstone of the Frank Lloyd Wright campus at Florida Southern College. Annie Pfeiffer received an honorary doctorate from FSC in 1941.
Links
Annie Merner Pfeiffer Chapel - Florida Southern College
Annie Merner Pfeiffer Chapel and Little Theatre - Bennett College for Women
Annie Merner Pfeiffer Library - West Virginia Wesleyan College
Guide to the Pfeiffer-Merner Family Collection - Pfeiffer University, G. A. Pfeiffer Library
Pfeiffer Hall - Illinois Wesleyan University
Pfeiffer University