School opened first at Augusta, Ga., 1867. Transferred to Atlanta, 1879, when site of two and a half acres was purchased in city and present building erected. No dormitories. Only male students. New site purchased in western part of Atlanta, 1887. New and larger building soon to be erected. Value of property, $28,000. No endowment. S. Graves, D.D., President. ROGER WILLIAMS UNIVERSITY, NASHVILLE, TENN. Work of instruc tion begun in Nashville, 1864. School held in basement of First Baptist Church (Colored). In 1865 a site purchased in northwest part of city, and in 1866, in a reconstructed government building the school was opened and maintained for ten years. In 1874 the Gordon property, thirty acres of land with a large brick dwelling was purLocation chased. about one mile southwest of city, on a commanding eminence. In 1876 the extensive addition was built. The wing at the left as shown in the picture, and intend ed for the young women has not been built. The President's house, erected 1883. Hayward Hall, erected 1886. Both are brick buildings. of which we have no engravings. Principal patrons, Nathan Bishop, LL.D., and Mrs. C. C. Bishop, New York. Name of school changed from "Nashville Institute," to "Roger ROGER WILLIAMS UNIVERSITY. (LEFT WING NOT BUILT). Williams University," 1883. Value of property, $100,000. Endowment, $1,000. A. Owen, D.D., President; D. W. Phillips, D.D., Theological Instructor. LELAND UNIVERSITY, NEW ORLEANS, LA. MAIN BUILDING. Work of ministerial instruction begun at New Orleans, 1865. In 1870 The Baptist Free Mission Society and the Ameri can Baptist Home Mission Society effected an arrangement conjointly to establish an Institution. School, conducted from 1870 to 1873 in lecture room of the First Baptist Church (Colored). Site of about eight acres in the part of the city nearly opposite the late Exposition grounds, purchased 1870. The fine brick building completed 1873. Called "Leland University," after maiden name of the wife of Deacon Holbrook Chamberlain, a direct descendant of the famous Elder John Leland. Brick building for girls, begun 1881, 327 completed 1884. Value of property, $125,000. Endowment, $95,000. Became self-supporting 1886. Chief patron, Deacon Holbrook Chamberlain, of New York, who gave years of his time and most of his estate to the Institution. E. C. Mitchell, D.D., President. |