Library and Laboratory Building-Henderson Institute
About Library and Laboratory Building-Henderson Institute
Library and Laboratory Building-Henderson Institute is a historic school building located at Henderson, North Carolina. It was built in 1928, and is a plain, two-story brick building with Colonial Revival-style design elements. It is the only surviving reminder of the Henderson Institute that was established in the town of Henderson in Vance County in 1887. The Henderson Institute was established by the Freedmen's Mission Board of the United Presbyterian Church of North America to provide secondary education for African-Americans. The building houses the Henderson Institute Historical Museum.
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1995.
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- Founded
- 1928
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