Paine Institute

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Paine Institute (later Paine College) was founded in Augusta by leaders of the Colored Methodist Episcopal Church, including Lucius Holsey, in 1884. Haygood Memorial Hall (pictured) is known today as Haygood Holsey Hall and houses administrative offices.

Used with permission of Documenting the American South, the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Libraries

Paine Institute

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