West Virginia State College
Posted by: Groundspeak Regular Member two-bit Joe
N 38° 23.007 W 081° 45.894
17S E 433194 N 4248637
West Virginia State College Institute campus.
Waymark Code: WMT1N
Location: West Virginia, United States
Date Posted: 10/02/2006
Published By:Groundspeak Premium Member flyingmoose
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Founded as West Virginia Colored Institute in 1891, renamed West Virginia Collegiate Institute in 1915 and West Virginia State College in 1929. Voluntarily desegregated in 1954. First state public four-year college and U. S. black land-grant college to be fully accredited.
Marker Number: KA 5

Marker Title: West Virginia State College

Marker Location: Institute campus on WV 25, 0.5 miles east of Institute Exit - at Wallace Hall

County or Independent City: Kanawha

Web Site: [Web Link]

Marker Program Sponsor: West Virginia Department of Culture and History
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