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Christiansburg Industrial Institute K-68 |
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 Picture Courtesy of Garry Thompson
 Picture Courtesy of Garry Thompson
In 1866, Captain Charles S. Schaeffer, a Freedman’s Bureau agent, organized a school for blacks on the hill just to the southeast. Charles L. Marshall of Tuskeegee Institute became principal of the school in 1896. Under his guidance and with support from Philadelphia Quakers, a library, dormitories, classrooms, shops, and barns were constructed. Both academic and industrial classes were offered at the institute until 1947 when it became a public high school. In 1966, the institute graduated its last class, and its property was sold at public auction. Department of Conservation and Historic Resources, 1988.
Department of Conservation and Historic Resources 1988
US 460 Business (westbound), Christiansburg. Montgomery County Virginia
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