THE
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DESCRIPTIVE SKETCHES OF SCHOOLS
Founded and Fostered by the Society, with
ILLUSTRATIONS OF PRINCIPAL BUILDINGS.
These views are not on a uniform scale, as it has been necessary to use engravings made at different times
and independently of others. Some views could not be had in time for the present publication.
Prepared by H. L. MOREHOUSE, D.D., Cor. Sec'y.
WAYLAND SEMINARY, WASHINGTON, D. C.
parker hall.
main building.
School begun under Society's auspices, 1865 ;
named "Wayland Seminary" 1867, part of
present site purchased 1871 ; an equal amount
additional in 1887 and 1888, with President's
house; land 150 by 300 feet. Principal build¬
ing erected 1874. Work done by colored brick-
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PRESIDENT'S HOUSE.
layers under supervision of an
ex-slave who purchased his
freedom before the war. Ad¬
dition for girls' dormitory,
erected 1882; addition to chapel
1887. Location, on the heights
north of and overlooking the
City of Washington. The prop¬
erty is worth about $80,000.
Endowment, $20,000.
Chief patrons, the Wayland
family, Ex-Gov. A. Coburn,
and J. W. Parker, D.D. G.
M. P. King, D.D., President.
RICHMOND THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY, RICHMOND, VA.
SEMINARY BUILDING.
Work commenced by Society in 1865; by
"The National Theological Institute," in 1867.
School met for three years in "Lumpkin's Jail,"
or " the old slave pen." Present site and build¬
ing purchased 1870. Building of brick; was once
the fashionable hotel of Richmond. New site
procured 1880. Property worth $30,000. En¬
dowment $54,800. Name changed from "Rich¬
mond Institute" to "Richmond Theological
Seminary," in 1886. School is for higher edu-
SHAW UNIVERSITY, RALEIGH, N. C.
SHAW UNIVERSITY.
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Work begun in 1865 in humble
quarters. President Tupper's first
residence was also a modest build¬
ing. New site of ten acres with
residence in suburbs of Raleigh
purchased in 1870. About one
half of the " Shaw Building"
completed, 1872; the centre and
other wing, 1884.
" The Estey Building " for girls,
completed 1874. In 1879, the Uni-
FIRST RESIDENCE OF PRESIDENT.
ident Tupper planned and superin¬
tended the erection of the buildings,
even to the making of the brick on
the premises. Much of the work was
done by students. Property worth
$140,000. No endowment. Chief pa¬
trons, Messrs. E. Shaw, Massachusetts;
J. Estey and Sons, Vermont; Judson
Wade Leonard and family, Massachu¬
setts; O. H. Greenleaf, Massachusetts;
PRESIDENT'S RESIDENCE.
versity Hall, comprising
dining room and chapel
was completed. The
medical dormitory build¬
ing completed, 1881.
In 1882 the Leonard
Building containing lab¬
oratory and instruction
rooms for the Medical
School was completed.
The Leonard Medical
Hospital building was
erected in 1885.
An industrial building
was erected, 1887. Pres-
CHAPEL AND DINING HALL.
SCHOOLS FOUNDED AND FOSTERED BY THE SOCIETY.
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ESTEY BUILDING.
J. B. Hoyt, Connecticut: Geo. M. Morse,
Connecticut; 0. B. Grant, Connecticut; T.
Merrick, Massachusetts; J. D. Rockefeller,
New York; Mrs. S. B. L. Tupper, North Car¬
olina; Rev. R. Jennings, Connecticut. H. M.
Tupper, D.D., President.
MEDICAL DORMITORY.
"The success of the grad¬
uates of the Leonard Medical
School will attract the atten¬
tion of colored medical students
throughout the South. That
the graduates of a school so re¬
cently established should be
able to compete with the grad¬
uates of the oldest and best
equipped medical schools of the
country is a surprise. This
they have done. At the recent
meeting of the Medical Board
in North Carolina seventeen
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LEONARD MEDICAL BUILDING.
white students failed to pass,
while there was only one colored
graduate, the first and only one
in the two classes which have
graduated from the Leonard
Medical School.
"We rejoice at the success
of colored students in medicine,
that facilities have been pro¬
vided so that they successfully
compete with their white bro¬
thers in the profession before
the most rigid and exacting
Medical Boards in the South.—
Annual Report of Pres. Tuftfter,
1888.
BENEDICT INSTITUTE, COLUMBIA, S. C.
MAIN BUILDING.
Work commenced 1870, when site of about were utilized for dormitories for a few years,
eighty acres of land with residence, adjacent to In 1881 two frame buildings were erected, one
city limits, was purchased. Some old buildings for dining hall and music rooms, the other
SCHOOLS FOUNDED AND FOSTERED BY THE SOCIETY.
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TEACHERS' RESIDENCE.
known as " Colby Hall," for girls' dormitory.
The latter was enlarged in 1888. The large
brick building was completed in 1884. Value
of property, $50,000. Endowment, $33,000.
Chief patron, Mrs. B. A. Benedict, Rhode
Island. Rev. C. E. Becker, President.
COLBY HALL.
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HARTSHORN MEMORIAL COLLEGE, RICHMOND, VA.
School opened in the basement of Ebenezer
Baptist Church, 1883. Site of eight acres
with residence on the western edge of Rich¬
mond, purchased 1884. Main building erected
1884-5. For young women only. Property
worth $45,000. No endowment. Chief patron,
Rev. J. C. Hartshorn, Massachusetts. Rev. L.
B. Tefft, President.
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School for girls
opened 1881, in
basement of the
FriendshipChurch.
New location of
about eight acres
with several build¬
ings in western
part the city, pur¬
chased 1882, and
three acres more
in 1887. Formerly
part of United
States "Barracks."
"Union Hall"
was burned, 1887.
"Rockefeller Hall"
a fine brick build¬
ing, erected 1886.
In 1886 the Train¬
ing School for
Nurses, the only
one in the South,
was established as
a department of
the Seminary.
Trained nurses of
this school are in
great demand at
highest compensa¬
tion. A brick
building for kitch¬
en and industrial
work, erected 1888.
"Packard Hall,"
a three story brick
building in place
of " Union Hall,"
completed 1888.
Property worth
$70,000. No en¬
dowment. Mainly
supported by the
"Woman's Ameri¬
can Baptist Home
Mission Society,"
Boston,Mass. Chief
patron, J. D. Rock¬
efeller, New York ;
other generous do¬
nors, Mial Davis, Massachusetts; R. H. Cole,
Massachusetts; Dr. W. Howe, Massachusetts;
Dea. J. W. Converse, Massachusetts. Miss
S. B. Packard and Miss H. E. Giles, Princi¬
pals.
" Over 3500 pupils, in the aggregate, have
been connected with this school, and there
have been between 400 and 500 conversions
during the seven years. To God belongs all
the glory!"
SCHOOLS FOUNDED AND FOSTERED BY THE SOCIETY.
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ATLANTA BAPTIST SEMINARY, ATLANTA, GA.
SEMINARY BUILDING
School opened first
at Augusta, Ga.,
1867. Transferred to
Atlanta, 1879, when
site of two and
a half acres was
purchased in city
and building erected.
Only male students.
New site of thirteen
acres purchased in
western part of At¬
lanta, 1888. New
building costing
$30,000 erected 1889.
Value of property,
$40,000. No endow¬
ment. S. Graves,
D.D., President.
ing for chapel and school purposes about the
same time. The colored Baptists of the State
have supported teachers in part. In 1888 the
Home Mission Society appropriated $7,800
and a frame build-
of the Coburn Fund to the payment of indebted¬
ness on the property. Valuation of property,
$18,000. No endowment. Wm. J. Simmons,
D.D., President.
Baptists of Ken¬
tucky located their
school In Louis¬
ville, in '1869, and
in 1879 purchased
6 two and a half
g
p acres with a large
►j
^ brick building for
PQ
school purposes.
<5 The financial bur¬
den being too
heavy for them,
the Society adopt¬
ed the school in
.1881. A third story
was added to the
building in 1881,
STATE UNIVERSITY, LOUISVILLE, KY.
The Colored
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ROGER WILLIAMS UNIVERSITY, NASHVILLE, TENN.
Work of instruc¬
tion begun in Nash¬
ville, 1864. School
held in basement
of First Baptist
Church (Colored).
In 1865 a site pur¬
chased in north¬
west part of city,
and in 1866, in a
reconstructed gov¬
ernment building
the school was
opened and main¬
tained for ten
years. In 1874 the
Gordon property,
thirty acres of land
with a large brick
dwelling, was pur¬
chased. Location
about one mile
southwest of city,
on a commanding
eminence. In 1876
the extensive ad¬
dition was built.
The wing at theleft
as shown in the pic¬
ture, and intend¬
ed for the young
women has not
been built. The
President's house,
erected 1883. Hay-
ward Hall, erected
1886. Both are
brick buildings
of which we have no engravings. Princi¬
pal patrons, Nathan Bishop, LL.D., and Mrs.
C. C. Bishop, New York. Name of school
changed from " Nashville Institute," to " Roger
Williams University," 1883. Value of property,
$100,000. Endowment, $1,000. A. Owen,
D.D., President; D. W. Phillips, D.D., Theo¬
logical Instructor.
SCHOOLS FOUNDED AND FOSTERED BY THE SOCIETY.
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JACKSON COLLEGE, JACKSON , MISS.
MAIN BUILDING.
School originally established at Natchez, in
1877, though from 1867 to 1869 attempts were
made at Memphis and elsewhere along the Mis¬
sissippi to plant an institution. The United
States Marine Hospital was purchased and
adapted to school purposes, 1876-7. School
opened 1877. The
location proving
unsatis factory,
property was sold
to City of Natchez,
1883. New proper¬
ty purchased 1882,
comprising fifty-
two acres and resi¬
dence a little north
of Jackson. New
building erected
and school trans¬
ferred, 1884. Value
of property, $35,-
000. No endow¬
ment. Chief pa¬
tron, C. T. Samp¬
son, Massachusetts.
Rev. Chas. Ayer,
FORMER BUILDING AT NATCHEZ. President.
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THE AMERICAN BAPTIST HOME MISSION SOCIETY.
Work of minis¬
terial instruction
begun at New
Orleans, 1865. In
1870 the Baptist
FreeMission Socie¬
ty and the Ameri¬
can Baptist Home
Mission Society ef¬
fected an arrange¬
ment conjointly to
establish an Insti-
tution. School,
conducted from
1870 to 1873 in
lecture room of the
First Baptist
Church (Colored).
Site of about eight
LELAND UNIVERSITY, NEW ORLEANS, LA.
MAIN BUILDING.
GIRLS' DORMITORY.
SCHOOLS FOUNDED AND FOSTERED BY THE SOCIETY.
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acres in the part of the city nearly oppo¬
site the late Exposition grounds, purchased
1870. The fine brick building completed 1873.
Called " Leland University," after maiden name
of the wife of Deacon Holbrook Chamberlain, a
direct descendant of the famous Elder John
Leland. Brick building for girls, begun 1881,
completed 1884. Value of property, $125,000.
Endowment $95,000. Became self-supporting
1886.
Chief patron, Deacon Holbrook Chamber¬
lain, of New York, who gave years of his time
and most of his estate to the Institution. E. C.
Mitchell, D.D., President.
BISHOP COLLEGE, MARSHALL, TEXAS.
MARSTON HALL.
School located at Marshall in 1880, when ten object. New building, " Marston Hall," erected
.acres of land and a good mansion in the sub- 1881, and school opened the same year. An
urbs of the city were purchased. Colored Bap- additional building, " Bishop Hall," for girls,
•■lists? of Texas contributed liberally for this erected 1884. Besides these, there are two
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" If I kept a car¬
riage, I should not
have so much money
to give away."
" I expect to stand
side by side vvith
those men on the
day ot judgment.
I am determined to
be prepared for that
meeting."— Nathan
Bishop, LL. D.
TEACHERS' RESIDENCE.
frame buildings for
school and indus¬
trial purposes. Val¬
uation of property,
$45,000. No endow¬
ment. Chief patron,
Mrs. C. C. Bishop,
New Jersey. Rev.
S. W. Culver, Presi¬
dent.
BISHOP HALL.—GIRLS' DORMITORY.
TULLEHASSEE SCHOOL, TULLEHASSEE, IND. TER.
School for colored youth of the Creek Nation. annual appropriation for support of pupils.
Location about five miles northwest of Muskogee. Several frame buildings for school and industrial
Taken up by the Society in 1883. Buildings work; also about 60 acres of land under culti-
erected by Creek Nation which also makes vation. Prof. E. H. Rishel, Superintendent.
SCHOOLS FOUNDED AND FOSTERED BY THE SOCIETY.
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FLORIDA INSTITUTE, LIVE OAK, FLA.
^ Initial steps for estab-
« lishment of school
Q
w taken by colored Baptists
w of Florida, 1868. Three
J
o and a half acres of land
O
® with an unfinished build¬
ing was purchased.
Institution incorporated.
Their inability to com¬
plete improvements and
open the school led the
Society to adopt it in
1880. Building finished
and school opened 1880.
Frame building for girls'
dormitory, erected 1882.
Additional ground and
building for boys' dor¬
mitory, purchased 1884.
Entire property now in-
g eludes about eleven acres
« in the western portion of
m Live Oak. Property
j valued at $7,000. No
£
o endowment. Rev. J. L.
A. Fish, President.
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SELMA UNIVERSITY, SELMA, ALA.
Started by colored Baptists of Alabama, after
some preliminary measures, 1878, in the Color¬
ed Baptist Church at Selma. The site of thirty
acres with some cheap frame buildings, pur¬
chased 1878. Location in the outskirts of the
city. Frame building for chapel and school
purposes, erected 1879. Money for these pur¬
poses chiefly provided by the colored Baptists of
the State. A dormitory building now being
erected by help from the Society. Adopted by
the Society, 1880. Value of property, $18,000.
No endowment. Rev.Chas. L. Puree, President.
HOWE INSTITUTE, NEW IBERIA, LA.
Founded by Peter Howe, of Illinois, 1886: Adopted by the Society 1889.
MEXICAN INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL,
MONTEREY, MEX.
Begun in 1883 in rooms of Rev. T. M.
Westrup's house ; transferred to basement of
the new church edifice, 1884. For both sexes.
No boarding department. Antonio Garcia,
Principal.
Schools in Mexico, also, at City of Mexico,
Santa Rosa and Apodaca.
CHEROKEE ACADEMY, TAHLEQUAH,
IND. TER.
After the removal of Indian University to
Muskogee in 1884 a preparatory school was
continued at Tahlequah and in 1886 an addi¬
tion for school purposes was made to the mis¬
sion building.
SCHOOLS FOUNDED AND FOSTERED BY THE SOCIETY.
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INDIAN UNIVERSITY, MUSKOGEE, INDIAN TERRITORY.
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ROCKEFELLER HALL.
School opened early in 1880 in a part of the
Society's mission building at Tahlequah, capital
of Cherokee Nation. In 1882 the Creek Council
granted land for the school near Muskogee, and
" Rockefeller Hall," a fine brick building
erected thereon 1884. School transferred from
Tahlequah to Muskogee, early in 1885. Value
of property, $30,000. No endowment. Chief
patron, John D. Rockefeller, New York. A.
C. Bacone, A.M., President.
SEMINOLE ACADEMY. SA-SAK-WA,
IND. TER.
Begun by the Society, 1887, in buildings
erected by Seminole Nation, which also makes
annual appropriation for support of pupils.
For Indian girls only. Rev. W. P. Blake,
Superintendent.
ATOKA ACADEMY. ATOKA,
IND. TER.
School begun 1887 in building erected by the
people of Atoka, Choctaw Nation. Adopted
by the Society 1888. Frame building with land
for additional buildings. No boarding depart¬
ment. Rev. F. B. Smith, Superintendent.
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Some Facts
— ABOUT THE —
Society's Work for the Colored People,
From 1862 to 1889.
Its first action in the interests of the Freed-
men, January 30, 1862.
First laborers appointed, June 25, 1862.
Definite policy and measures adopted, Sep¬
tember, 1863.
Fifteen Institutions founded and fostered by
the Society.
Value of school properties, $763,000.
Endowments, chiefly for five Institutions,
$220,000.
Expenditures of the Society for Educational
and Missionary work among the colored people
in twenty-five years, about TWO MILLION
DOLLARS.
Number of instructors,(1888-9) I3I; male, 56,
female. 75. Paid this year to these teachers
in salaries, $65,776.94.
Number of pupils, (1888-9) 3,106; 1,400
malfe, 1,706 female. Total number students
uinder 16 years of age, 676.
Students for the ministry, (1888-9) 408;
medical students, 43; preparing to teach,
1,458 ; conversions in schools, 293.
At least 13,000 different pupils have been in
these schools.
These schools are truly Christian and mis¬
sionary in their spirit. Nearly all American
Baptist colored missionaries to Africa were stu¬
dents in these Institutions. Many more are
preparing to go.
From the first the Society has been the
steadfast friend and helper of the colored people.
Though in several States the colored people
have contributed generously to the support of
this work, yet, as frequent failures prove, they
are unable of themselves to sustain such Insti¬
tutions as they need. Upon the Society, there¬
fore, still rests the great burden and responsi¬
bility for the efficient maintenance of these
Institutions.
Its reward is found in the recognition of this
iact by the colored people themselves ; in their
appreciation of what it has done, in their intel¬
lectual and religious progress, and in their dis¬
position to become identified with the Society's
work in all its length and breadth.
The imperative need of the hour is ENDOW¬
MENT. $25,000 will endow a Professorship.