Laburnum Park in Richmond, Virginia — The American South (Mid-Atlantic)
Appointed to Serve
Photographed By Bernard Fisher, November 10, 2014
1. Appointed to Serve Marker
Inscription.
Appointed to Serve. . Founded by the Presbyterian Church U.S. in 1914, the Assembly’s Training School was the church’s first coeducational "lay workers" school. Through the school, women barred from seminary received a theological education. Among the earliest faculty were women who taught social welfare, Christian ethics, and practicum at the 17th Street Mission, Richmond factories, and parts of Appalachia. Students and professors broke gender and racial boundaries, even creating an integrated roller rink and housing participants of the Poor People’s March in the 1960s. Renamed the Presbyterian School of Christian Education in 1959, the school is now part of Union Presbyterian Seminary.
Founded by the Presbyterian Church U.S. in 1914, the Assembly’s Training School was the church’s first coeducational "lay workers" school. Through the school, women barred from seminary received a theological education. Among the earliest faculty were women who taught social welfare, Christian ethics, and practicum at the 17th Street Mission, Richmond factories, and parts of Appalachia. Students and professors broke gender and racial boundaries, even creating an integrated roller rink and housing participants of the Poor People’s March in the 1960s. Renamed the Presbyterian School of Christian Education in 1959, the school is now part of Union Presbyterian Seminary.
Erected 2013 by Department of Historic Resources. (Marker Number SA-108.)
Location. 37° 34.748′ N, 77° 27.024′ W. Marker is in Richmond, Virginia. It is in Laburnum Park. Marker is on Brook Road near Westwood Avenue, on the left when traveling north. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 3406 Brook Road, Richmond VA 23227, United States of America. Touch for directions.
Credits. This page was last revised on February 1, 2023. It was originally submitted on November 10, 2014, by Bernard Fisher of Richmond, Virginia. This page has been viewed 398 times since then and 7 times this year. Photos:1, 2, 3. submitted on November 10, 2014, by Bernard Fisher of Richmond, Virginia.