Manassas Industrial School for Colored Youth

Manassas Industrial School for Colored Youth
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Virginia Landmarks Register
Footprint of the building
Location	9601 Wellington Road, Manassas, Virginia
Coordinates
Area	4.5 acres (1.8 ha)
Built	1893 (1893)
NRHP Reference #	94000760
VLR #	155-0010
Significant dates
Added to NRHP	August 1, 1994
Designated VLR	April 20, 1994

Manassas Industrial School for Colored Youth, also known as the Jennie Dean Memorial Site, is the site of a former school for African-American children located at Manassas, Virginia. It was established in 1893, and operated as a private residential institution until it was taken over in 1938 by a regional public school system. The Manassas Industrial School buildings were demolished in the 1960s, with the construction of a new school and the site was landscaped. A series of historic markers are present on the property. The site is named for Jennie Dean, a charismatic ex-slave who believed in the value of vocational education for African-American youth of both sexes.

Miss Dean was also heavily involved, as was her family, in the development of the Prosperity Baptist Church in Conklin, Loudoun County, Virginia.

Recently discovered (September, 2015) is the class roster for 1927. The Principal was William C. Taylor. Class colors were Red and Black. Class flower was a White Rose. Class roll was: William Henry Bailey, Garnetta Cornelia Battle, Ruth Estelle Clarke, Edward Albert Chambers, Naomi Agusta Dean, Edith Mae Gaskins, Harry Wilson Hall, Virginia Kelley Kenny, Paul Emanuel Rier, Adrian Francais Robinson, Mary Viola Roberts, Kathleeen Lewisha Thomas, Rosa James Thomas, Tasco Delany Thomas, Hazel Belle Voorhees, William Henry Waddell, George Shermy woodson, Roberta Josephine Waters and Mary Synora Waller. Class motto was: Pick out you peak and climb. (source Larry Roeder, Director, Conklin Village Project. https://conklinproject.wordpress.com/

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1994.

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Surviving arch from the Carnegie Building

External links

• Manassas Industrial School & Jennie Dean Memorial - City of Manassas