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Goffe Street Special School for Colored Children

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The school served as an evening school from 1866 to 1871. Very few educational opportunities for African-American children were available previously. The school then closed in 1874 as African-American children began attending previously all-white public schools, beginning 1869. The building was
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in New Haven opened in 1811. In 1854, Sally Wilson, a black teacher, began a small school for African-American children in her own house in New Haven (The Artisan Street Colored School). The creation of a more permanent institution was proposed at a meeting of New Haven citizens in the home of
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of the colored people of the Town of New Haven and especially of their children ... for the elevation and benefit of the class among us, particularly in view of the fact that they have been less favored than others
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B. W. Coles Trader, The Insights of American Blacks During the 19th and 20th Centuries in New Haven, Connecticut, Yale-New Haven Teachers Institute.
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Jean Sutherland, Examining the African American Role in New Haven History: Pride in the Past; Hope for the Future, Yale-New Haven Teachers Institute
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N. C. Curtis, Black Heritage Sites: An African American Odyssey and Finder's Guide, 1996, ALA Editions, page 281-282.
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to design the building. Austin donated his design. Money was raised and the building was built in 1864. The
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subsequently used by African-American community organizations, as a parish hall and as a lodge for
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E. M. Brown, New Haven: A guide to architecture and urban design, Yale University Press, 1976.
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School buildings on the National Register of Historic Places in Connecticut
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Masons. The building was sold to the Widow's Son Lodge No. 1 in 1995.
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Historically segregated African-American schools in the United States
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Atwater Treat in 1864. The purpose was to provide for
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Goffe Street Special School for Colored Children is located in Connecticut
Goffe Street Special School for Colored Children is located in the United States
New Haven, Connecticut
41°18′56″N 72°56′6″W / 41.31556°N 72.93500°W / 41.31556; -72.93500
Henry Austin
Italianate
79002643
African-American history
New Haven, Connecticut
National Register of Historic Places
African-Americans
James Hillhouse
Henry Austin
brick
balusters
Prince Hall
Masons
Gateway Community College
Yale University
Edward Bouchet
National Register of Historic Places listings in New Haven, Connecticut


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National Register of Historic Places
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