Colored Orphan Industrial Home
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N 38° 03.905 W 084° 30.159
16S E 719083 N 4215981
Lexington, Kentucky
Waymark Code: WM27FT
Location: Kentucky, United States
Date Posted: 09/17/2007
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Colored Orphan Industrial Home
Led by Mrs. E. Belle Mitchell Jackson, orphan home opened here 1894. Orphans and other black youth learned to read and write and acquired a trade; also refuge for elderly women. By 1909 home consisted of 18 acres and 2 brick houses. Burned in 1912. A new building dedicated 1913; serves as Robert H. Williams Cultural Center.
Marker Name: Colored Orphan Industrial Home
Marker Location: City
Type of Marker: Building
Marker Number (for official markers): 1963
Group(s) Responsible for placing Marker:
Kentucky Historical Society, Kentucky Department of Highways
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