Colored Orphan Industrial Home

Historical marker location:

Lexington, Kentucky

( 644 Georgetown St., Lexington)

Led by Mrs. E. Belle Mitchell Jackson, orphan home opened here 1894. Orphans and other black youth learned to read and write and acquired a trade; also refuge for elderly women. By 1909 home consisted of 18 acres and 2 brick houses. Burned in 1912. A new building dedicated 1913; serves as Robert H. Williams Cultural Center.

African American Lexington