Southern Christian Institute
National Register of Historic Places

Southern Christian Institute

Edwards, Hinds County, Mississippi
Listed
January 30, 2007
Type
District
Period
Civil War
Ref No.
06001323

About this property

Southern Christian Institute, was a boarding school for African American students, active from 1882 until 1953 in Edwards, Mississippi. In 1954 it merged with Tougaloo College. In 1971, the campus became the Bonner-Campbell School of Religion. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2007. It was founded in 1882 after the Reconstruction-era by the Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) for the education of African Americans in the South after the American Civil War, and closed in 1953. Joel Baer Lehman served as president of the school from 1890 to 1933. The late Reverend Burnett Jacobs and his wife Willie Jacobs were long time administrators of Southern Christian Institute. An all class reunion for Southern Christian Institute was held in 1979. A 1924/1925 Southern Christian Institute school catalogue is extant in the special collections department at Mississippi State University. The school site has served various other purposes since the school closed. In 1954 it merged with Tougaloo College. Activist Bob Moses had hosted civil rights leadership training at this Tougaloo College campus. The school property was later purchased by the AME Church in 1971, and used as the Bonner-Campbell School of Religion mainly for church retreats. Media related to Southern Christian Institute at Wikimedia Commons

Location

18449 Old US 80 W
Edwards, Hinds County, Mississippi
32.33588, -90.63471

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When was Southern Christian Institute listed on the National Register?

Southern Christian Institute was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on January 30, 2007.

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Southern Christian Institute is classified as a district in the National Register of Historic Places.

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The period of significance for Southern Christian Institute is recorded as the civil_war era.

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