Vintage West Virginia; On This Day in West Virginia History, August 25th

August 25, 2022

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Main Building at West Virginia Colored Institute, c. 1901

On August 25, 1891, ground was broken on construction of the first building of West Virginia Colored Institute, now West Virginia State University, in Institute.

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