Voorhees College

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established = 1897
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president = Cleveland Sellers, Jr. [cite web|url=http://www.thestate.com/education/story/383724.html|title=Orangeburg figure Sellers will lead Voorhees College]
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city = Denmark
state = South Carolina
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campus = Rural
former_names = Denmark Industrial School
Vorhees Industrial Institute for Colored Youths
Vorhees School and Junior College
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website = [http://www.voorhees.edu/ www.voorhees.edu]

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Voorhees College is a private, historically-black college in Denmark, South Carolina. It is affiliated with the Episcopal Church. Voorhees College is accredited by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools.

History

In 1897, Elizabeth Evelyn Wright and Jessie Dorsey founded Denmark Industrial School, which was modeled on Tuskegee Institute. It began in the upstairs of an old store.

In 1902, the school received a donation to purchase land and construct buildings from Ralph Voorhees, a New Jersey philanthropist. It was renamed and incorporated by the South Carolina General Assembly as Vorhees Industrial Institute for Colored Youths in 1904.

In 1924, the school was affiliated with the Episcopal Diocese of South Carolina. In 1947, its name was changed to Vorhees School and Junior College. In 1962, it was renamed Vorhees College.cite book|last=Edgar|first=Walter|title=South Carolina Encyclopedia|publisher=University of South Carolina Press|date=2006|location=Columbia, South Carolina|pages =999-1000|isbn=1-57003-598-2]

Voorhees College Historic District

: See "Main Article": Voorhees College Historic District

This historic district was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on January 21, 1982. Its architectural and historical significance of this district is that it represents sophisticated styles for this African American college in the early twentieth century. Many of these buildings were constructed by the students of Voorhees University. [cite web|url=http://www.nationalregister.sc.gov/bamberg/S10817705009/S10817705009.pdf|title=NHRP Nomination form] Photographs of some of the buildings are available. [cite web|url=http://www.nationalregister.sc.gov/bamberg/S10817705009/index.htm|title=South Carolina Department of Archives and History]

References

External links

* [http://www.voorhees.edu/ www.voorhees.edu] Official site