Lincoln University
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N 39° 48.635 W 075° 55.688
18S E 420555 N 4407146
Lincoln University, interracial and international.
Waymark Code: WM7GYM
Location: Pennsylvania, United States
Date Posted: 10/25/2009
Views: 7
Marker Text: Chartered as Ashmun Institute, April 29, 1854. Founded by Rev. John Miller Dickey for the purpose of providing liberal higher education for people of African ancestry in America. In 1866, it became Lincoln University, interracial and international.
Marker Name: Lincoln University
County: Chester
Date Dedicated: 01/25/1967
Marker Type: Roadside
Location: SR 3026 (old U.S. 1), 2 miles NE of Oxford
Category: African American, Education
Website: [Web Link]
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