Manassas Industrial School for Colored Youth

Address Restricted, Manassas (Independent City), Virginia. County/parish: Manassas.

Added to the National Register of Historic Places August 01, 1994. NRIS 94000760.

1 contributing site.

Also known as:

  • 44PW505
  • Jennie Dean Memorial Site

From Wikipedia:

Manassas Industrial School for Colored Youth

The Manassas Industrial School for Colored Youth, commemorated as the Jennie Dean Memorial Site, was a former school for African-American children in Manassas, Virginia. The current site name honors the school's founder, Jennie Dean, a charismatic ex-slave who believed in the value of vocational education for African-American youth of both sexes. The site was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1994.

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