. Afro-American encyclopaedia, or, The thoughts, doings, and sayings of the race [electronic resource]: embracing addresses, lectures, biographical sketches, sermons, poems, names of universities, colleges, seminaries, newspapers, books, and a history of the denominations, giving the numerical strength of each : in fact, it teaches every subject of interest to the colored people, as discussed by more than one hundred of their wisest and best men and women : illustrated with beautiful half-tone engravings . chool was then moved into a buildingknown as the Gun Factory, on South College street, w
. Afro-American encyclopaedia, or, The thoughts, doings, and sayings of the race [electronic resource]: embracing addresses, lectures, biographical sketches, sermons, poems, names of universities, colleges, seminaries, newspapers, books, and a history of the denominations, giving the numerical strength of each : in fact, it teaches every subject of interest to the colored people, as discussed by more than one hundred of their wisest and best men and women : illustrated with beautiful half-tone engravings . chool was then moved into a buildingknown as the Gun Factory, on South College street, where it re-mained for two years. This building had been used by the FederalArmy as a. hospital, and the Government returned it to the made it necessary to seek another location. Attempts weremade to purchase property, but there being prejudice by the whitepeople against having a school for Negroes in their neighborhood, itwas no easy matter to secure such property as was desirable. Atlength the present site on Maple street was purchased, and theschool moved, in 1868, into the only building on the ground, whichwas entirely inadequate to accommodate the students who attendedduring the year. The building was repaired during the year, andthe chapel and boarding hall erected by the Freedmens buildings afforded ample room for the school for several 1872 the number of students was such that additional buildingsbecame necessary, and a band of students, known as the Tennes-. 29(3 AFRO-AMERICAN ENCYCLOPAEDIA. seans, sung in the North, and raised nearly all the money for thelarge, four-story building, which is now the main school buildings have been added, as the Model School and WebsterHall, the latter used for industrial purposes and dormitories, theblacksmith, carpenter, and machine shops. Other buildings andgrounds have been added by purchase. Rev. Bishop Walden has re-cently purchased what is known as the Hurley Place, joining on there
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