Early Berea Buildings
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This postcard includes three photographs of early buildings at Berea College. Included are the first school house, which was built in 1855, the home of founder John G. Fee, and the first women’s residence hall. Courtesy of the Kentucky Historical Society.
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For Mountain Youth
Historical Marker #773 in Madison County noted the location of Berea College, a school founded in 1855 by abolitionist John G. Fee. It was replaced by marker #2429 in 2014.
In 1853, Kentucky emancipationist Cassius Marcellus Clay invited…