West Virginia Colored Children's Home
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West Virginia Colored Children's Home - Huntington, WV
Waymark Code: WM19MN
Location: West Virginia, United States
Date Posted: 03/06/2007
Published By:Groundspeak Premium Member tiki-4
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Rev. Charles McGhee chartered WV Normal Industrial School for Colored Orphans, 1899. Opened, Central City, 1900, moved to a 190-acre farm near Huntington & Guyandotte R. Served African-American orphans and indigent. Bought, 1911, operated as WV Colored Children's Home until 1956 and integration. Brick building dates to 1922; listed in National Reg., 1997.

Marker Title: West Virginia Colored Children's Home

Marker Location: 3300 block US 60, Huntington

County or Independent City: Cabell

Web Site: [Web Link]

Marker Program Sponsor: West Virginia Celebration - West Virginia Division of Archives and History 2003

Marker Number: Not listed
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