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1963 Colored Orphan Industrial Home

Address:
KY, USA

Category: Markers

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Mapping Kentucky History Fayette County Markers

Marker reads, Led by Mrs. E. Belle Mitchell Jackson, orphan home opened here 1894. Orphans and other black youth learned to read and write and acquired a trade; also refuge for elderly women. By 1909 home consisted of 18 acres and 2 brick houses. Burned in 1912. A new building dedicated 1913; serves as Robert H. Williams Cultural Center.