Lawrenceville, Virginia
— Brunswick County —
Saint Paul's College began as a small parochial school founded by a newly ordained Episcopal deacon, the Rev. James Solomon Russell. Born into slavery, Russell attended seminary school in Petersburg. Within a year of graduation he had managed to raise enough funds to buy land in Brunswick County and erect a simple building on it to start his school. This two-room building still stands today and is referred to as the Saul Building, after the Rev. James Saul of Philadelphia, an important donor to the school. In 1893 the school had grown into the Saint Paul's Normal and Industrial School. In the ensuing years, Russell traveled worldwide speaking and raising funds for the college until his retirement in 1928. The school's name changed again to Saint Paul's Polytechnic Institute in 1941, when it was granted the authority to offer a four-year degree program. At this time, Russell's son, Dr. J. Alvin Russell, succeeded him as president of the college. Following in his father's footsteps, the younger Russell continued to expand the college. In 1957 it became known as Saint Paul's College, a fully integrated, four-year liberal arts institution, offering such courses as pre-law and pre-medicine. From 1971 to 1981, Dr. J. Alvin Rusell Jr. became the third generation of Russells to serve as president of the college.| HM Number | HMKN2 |
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| Tags | |
| Marker Number | 39 |
| Placed By | Civil Rights in Education Heritage Trail? |
| Marker Condition | No reports yet |
| Date Added | Saturday, October 11th, 2014 at 3:04am PDT -07:00 |
| UTM (WGS84 Datum) | 18S E 245573 N 4072202 |
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| Decimal Degrees | 36.76148333, -77.85028333 |
| Degrees and Decimal Minutes | N 36° 45.689', W 77° 51.017' |
| Degrees, Minutes and Seconds | 36° 45' 41.34" N, 77° 51' 1.02" W |
| Driving Directions | Google Maps |
| Area Code(s) | 434, 804 |
| Closest Postal Address | At or near 115-141 College Dr, Lawrenceville VA 23868, US |
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