Blackstone College for Girls
Above, the former administration building of Blackstone College for Girls. The facility now serves as the Virginia United Methodist Assembly Center. | |
Former names | Blackstone Female Institute |
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| Type | School for young women |
| Active | February 15, 1892–1950 |
| Affiliation | Methodist Episcopal Church, South |
| Location | , Virginia , USA |
Blackstone College for Girls was a private, religious school for young women in Blackstone, Nottoway County, in the U.S. state of Virginia. The school operated under the auspices of the Virginia Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South between 1894 and 1950. The Virginia Department of Historic Resources acknowledged the significance of the site by erecting historical marker number K 174 in 1996. Blackstone College is also designated as a site on the Civil Rights in Education Heritage Trail. The school buildings still stand. Since 1955, the Virginia United Methodist Church has used the former school buildings as a conference center.
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