Woodstock Manual Labor Institute

Woodstock Manual Labor Institute (HMN72)

Location: Addison, MI 49220 Lenawee County
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Country: United States of America
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N 42° 0.216', W 84° 20.712'

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Prior Foster, an Ohio Negro, began this school "in the woods" in 1844 and four years later it was incorporated. Designed to serve "colored people and others," the Institute taught a full range of subjects and was one of the nation's first integrated schools. The students worked in the fields and orchards to help support the school. Soon eight buildings were on the grounds. More than fifty students were in attendance, using a library of two thousand volumes. A fire in 1855 destroyed the main building, and the school was discontinued during the Civil War. The educational pioneering was continued by Foster's grandson, Dr. Laurence Jones, founder of the well-known Piney Woods School in Mississippi in 1909.
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HM NumberHMN72
Series This marker is part of the Michigan: Michigan Historical Commission series
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Marker NumberS0297
Year Placed1920
Placed ByMichigan Historical Commission/Detroit Voice of Piney Woods School
Marker ConditionNo reports yet
Date Added Wednesday, October 1st, 2014 at 1:32am PDT -07:00
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UTM (WGS84 Datum)16T E 719860 N 4653585
Decimal Degrees42.00360000, -84.34520000
Degrees and Decimal MinutesN 42° 0.216', W 84° 20.712'
Degrees, Minutes and Seconds42° 0' 12.96" N, 84° 20' 42.72" W
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Area Code(s)517
Closest Postal AddressAt or near 17882-17998 Greenleaf Rd, Addison MI 49220, US
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