Voorhees College Historic District
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voorhees-college-historic-district-322-10620563
title:
Voorhees College Historic District
text:
The Voorhees College Historic District is a historic district encompassing the campus of Voorhees College in Denmark, South Carolina. Thirteen of the nineteen buildings are contributing properties. Voorhees College was started by Elizabeth Evelyn Wright as the Denmark Industrial School, modeled on the Tuskegee Institute, which Wright had attended. She kept close ties with her mentor, Booker T. Washington. The school was a late 19th-century effort to provide education to underserved black childre
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wiki
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encyclopedia
description:
Historic district in South Carolina, United States
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voorhees_College_Historic_District
date created:
date modified:
2024-04-03T19:04:31Z
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fields total:
13
integrity:
15