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Centenary College of Louisiana at Jackson

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the rights for demolition. The East Wing and Centre Building were both demolished, and the salvageable materials from them were sold for scrap. There were many buildings constructed in that time in southeast Louisiana whose materials included those of the main academic building. The Old Centenary Inn—currently a
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The greatest event of the social calendar in antebellum Jackson was Centenary's annual commencement. The small town was pushed to its limits at that time, as dignitaries from across the state and region crowded its hotels and private homes for the occasion. More people than usual were in attendance
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After the college's departure, the campus sat unused for fifteen years. In the mid-1920s it was used as a tuberculosis hospital. But by 1935, the campus was in a state of extreme disrepair, and on the brink of condemnation. The three buildings had three different owners, two of whom chose to sell
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Another move made during the 1890s to boost enrollment was the admittance of female students. Women were not originally given degrees or diplomas. They were given certificates of attendance, which, in essence, meant they were qualified to teach school. The first degree was conferred upon a female
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The Episcopal women's academy, the Southern Institute for Young Ladies, opened the year before, under the direction of Rev. William B. Lacey—who had been a president of the College of Louisiana. The school continued in operation until 1860. The Feliciana Female Collegiate Institute opened in 1847,
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In 1825, the Louisiana Legislature chartered four public colleges. One of these was the College of Louisiana at Jackson, a small town on the border of East and West Feliciana Parishes. Despite the tireless efforts of the trustees to maintain a college of the finest repute, in its 20-year history,
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The desperation reached the point of not being able to compensate the professors. The policy was, in short: if the college had the money, the professors would be paid. To make up for this deficiency, in the late 1890s five professors' cottages were constructed. The sole extant cottage is one of
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The West Wing remained standing because its owners had come up with a way to make it far more lucrative than just knocking it down. From 1938 to 1965, the West Wing Dormitory was low-income housing. The campus itself was used as a trailer park. To this day, there are visible remnants of the
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In the 1970s, the only use the campus saw was a baseball field, which happened to be on the site of the college's baseball field more than 80 years earlier. In 1977, not long before it was to be demolished, the West Wing was saved due to the efforts of many influential citizens in and around
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Several institutions of higher learning sprouted in and around Jackson in the autumn of 1845, somewhat as a result of Centenary College of Louisiana's opening at that time. (Centenary College, a Methodist church-affiliated institution, was founded in Mississippi in 1839; then it relocated to
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was sent to disrupt the recruiting practices, resulting in the largest battle to occur within the town limits of Jackson. The Confederates suffered minimal casualties, routed Union forces, and captured ammunition and other supplies. The Union Army suffered nearly one-third of its garrison
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Centenary College of Louisiana reopened in the autumn of 1865, in a completely different world than the one that had forced its closing four years earlier. Many of those who had previously sent their sons to Centenary either could no longer afford to, or they no longer had sons to send.
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Included in this building were all offices, classrooms, laboratories, debate halls, etc. The building also featured a 3,000-volume library, and an auditorium which seated between two and three thousand. When completed, the structure dwarfed the dormitories upon either side (pictured).
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The completion of the Centre Building marked the high-water mark of Centenary's tenure in Jackson. However, it was fated to be short-lived. Less than three years after the building was completed, the college closed, the vast majority of its students having joined the
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Although no longer a college, Centenary's campus was not altogether abandoned. The preparatory department continued for some time, and upon its closing the campus was transformed into a Confederate hospital. More than 500 Confederate soldiers — mostly from the
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Faced with these dire straits, the president of the college would often be away for months at a time. He would go door-to-door, soliciting financial support, or he'd visit as many Methodist congregations as he could, "passing the hat," all to little avail.
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the college only produced 24 graduates. Its main contributions to the future of the campus were the East and West Wing dormitories, two impressive brick barracks-style structures built between 1832 and 1837.
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Jackson. The State of Louisiana purchased and restored the West Wing, Professor's Cottage, and surrounding 43 acres (170,000 m).
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for the 1856 commencement, as it included the ceremony of placing the cornerstone for the college's new Centre Building.
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led by the Methodist Episcopal Rev. Benjamin Jones and his wife. It also continued until the outbreak of the
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Individually listed contributing properties to historic districts on the National Register in Louisiana
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The 40 acres (16 ha) area comprising the West Wing and the Professor's Cottage was added as
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University and college buildings on the National Register of Historic Places in Louisiana
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National Register of Historic Places listings in East Feliciana Parish, Louisiana
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National Register of Historic Places in East Feliciana Parish, Louisiana
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One of the key figures in the College of Louisiana was
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on April 19, 1979. The area was also included in the
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Centenary College of Louisiana at Jackson is located in Louisiana
Centenary College of Louisiana at Jackson is located in the United States
Jackson, Louisiana
30°50′33″N 91°12′41″W / 30.84255°N 91.2114°W / 30.84255; -91.2114
Greek Revival
Jackson Historic District
ID80001722
79001062
Centenary College of Louisiana
Jackson, Louisiana
Louisiana Office of State Parks
William King
Elgin settlement
Ontario
Canada
Underground Railroad
American Civil War
Confederate Army
Siege of Port Hudson
Port Hudson
Union Army
field hospital
United States Colored Troops
Confederate States Army
cavalry
Shreveport, Louisiana

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