Site of Tidewater Institute Marker

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Cheriton in Northampton County, Virginia — The American South (Mid-Atlantic)

Site of Tidewater Institute
(1907 - 1935)

Site of Tidewater Institute Marker Photo, Click for full size

By Beverly Pfingsten, April 20, 2008

1. Site of Tidewater Institute Marker

Inscription. Tidewater Institute was incorporated in 1903 with the stated purpose of establishing an industrial, academic, collegiate, and seminary boarding school for the education of black youth. Founded by the Rev. George E. Reid, and supported by the Northampton/Accomack Baptist Association, the institute attracted students from both Virginia and other Atlantic seaboard states. For twenty-eight years, the school was dedicated to the education and molding of lives of young black men and women of Virginia's Eastern Shore.

Erected 1986 by Department of Conservation and Historic Resources. (Marker Number WY 2.)

Location. 37° 18.449′ N, 75° 56.9′ W. Marker is in Cheriton, Virginia, in Northampton County. Click for map. Marker is in this post office area: Cheriton VA 23316, United States of America.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 4 miles of this marker, as the crow flies. Salem Methodist Church (approx. ¾ mile away); Stratton Manor (approx. ¾ mile away); Towne Fields (approx. 1.6 miles away); Home of First Settler (approx. 2.9 miles away); Gingaskin Indian Reservation (approx. 3.2 miles away); Confederate Monument - Eastville, VA (approx. 3.2 miles away); Northampton County Court Green (approx. 3.2 miles away); Debdeavon (approx. 3.2 miles away). Click for a list of all markers in Cheriton.

This house now stands at the site of the Tidewater Institute Photo, Click for full size

By Beverly Pfingsten, April 20, 2008

2. This house now stands at the site of the Tidewater Institute

Credits. This page originally submitted on May 4, 2008, by Bill Pfingsten of Bel Air, Maryland. This page has been viewed 753 times since then. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on May 4, 2008, by Bill Pfingsten of Bel Air, Maryland.