Kumler Hall
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Kumler Hall | |
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Kumler Hall, April 2012 | |
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| Location | Lancaster and Cemetery Sts., Chester, South Carolina |
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| Coordinates | 34°42′27″N 81°11′19″W / 34.70750°N 81.18861°WCoordinates: 34°42′27″N 81°11′19″W / 34.70750°N 81.18861°W |
| Area | 1.5 acres (0.61 ha) |
| Built | 1916 |
| NRHP Reference # | 83002190[1] |
| Added to NRHP | January 27, 1983 |
Kumler Hall, also known as the Brainerd Institute, is a historic dormitory located at Chester, Chester County, South Carolina. The Brainerd Institute was one of the earliest and finest of the many private schools established for African-American freedmen in South Carolina in the years just after the American Civil War. The school was operated from about 1868 until 1940 by the Board of Missions of the Presbyterian Church. Kumler Hall was built about 1916, and is a brick two-story boys dormitory. It has a central longitudinal hallway opening onto the porch, with a central single-flight stairway and classrooms and dormitory rooms opening on either side on both floors and the basement.[2][3]
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1983.[1]
References
- 1 2 National Park Service (2010-07-09). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
- ↑ Suzanne Pickens Wylie; John E. Wells; Linda VanderBroek (August 1982). "Kumler Hall" (pdf). National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory. Retrieved 17 March 2014.
- ↑ "Kumler Hall-Brainerd Institute, Chester County (Lancaster & Cemetery Sts., Chester)". National Register Properties in South Carolina. South Carolina Department of Archives and History. Retrieved 17 March 2014.
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