Palmer Memorial Institute Historic District

Palmer Memorial Institute Historic District - Credit: Wikimedia Commons

The Alice Freeman Palmer Memorial Institute, better known as Palmer Memorial Institute, was a school for upper-class African Americans. It was founded in 1902 by Dr. Charlotte Hawkins Brown at Sedalia, North Carolina near Greensboro. Palmer Memorial Institute was named after Alice Freeman Palmer, former president of Wellesley College and benefactor of Dr. Brown. Read more on Wikipedia

type: NRHP
date from: 1901

Source: en.wikipedia.org