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Historical Highway MarkersVirginia Collegiate and Industrial InstituteQ-6-38
The Virginia Collegiate and Industrial Institute opened here in 1893 as a branch of Morgan College in Baltimore, Maryland. The school offered college preparation, industrial education, and teacher training to African American students. Jackson Street Methodist Episcopal Church in Lynchburg purchased land for the campus and provided additional financial support. The Freedmen's Aid Society of the Methodist Episcopal Church contributed funds for operating expenses. African American educator Frank Trigg was the institute's first principal. After a fire destroyed the main building in Dec. 1917, the school closed and its students were transferred to Morgan College in Baltimore.
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References/Bibliographic Citation: Nancy Elizabeth Fitch, “For God and the Race—Virginia Collegiate and Industrial Institute, ‘In the Valley of Virginia’—An Introduction” “An Era of Progress and Promise” (The Clifton Conference) Nancy Elizabeth Fitch, “Trigg, Frank J.” in African American National Biography Richmond Planet, 21 Dec. 1895, 29 May 1897 Morgan College Bulletin (1917) |