Guyton in Effingham County, Georgia — The American South (South Atlantic)
Pilgrim Missionary Baptist Normal and Industrial Institute
Photographed By Mike Stroud, May 2008
1. Pilgrim Missionary Baptist Normal and Industrial Institute Marker
Inscription.
Pilgrim Missionary Baptist Normal and Industrial Institute. . The Pilgrim Missionary Baptist Normal and Industrial Institute for Colored Students was established here in 1880 by the Pilgrim Missionary Baptist Association. The school was established, organized, funded and staffed by African Americans. The institute offered vocational classes in subjects such as carpentry and home economics. A donated printing press led to the development of a journalism program, allowing students to produce all printed materials for the Institute and the Association's newspaper, The Pilgrim Traveler. After serving the black community for over fifty years, the Institute closed in May 1936 when Effingham County built a public training school for African Americans. The Institute building was later demolished.
The Pilgrim Missionary Baptist Normal and Industrial Institute for Colored Students was established here in 1880 by the Pilgrim Missionary Baptist Association. The school was established, organized, funded and staffed by African Americans. The institute
offered vocational classes in subjects such as carpentry and home economics. A donated printing press led to the development of a journalism program, allowing students to produce all printed materials for the Institute and the Association's newspaper,
The Pilgrim Traveler. After serving the black community for over fifty years, the Institute closed in May 1936 when Effingham County built a public training school for African Americans. The
Institute building was later demolished.
Erected 2005 by Georgia Historical Society, Historic Effingham Society, Macedonia Baptist Church, and Pilgrim Missionary Baptist Association. (Marker Number 51-1.)
is in Guyton, Georgia, in Effingham County. Marker is on Central Boulevard (Georgia Route 17) near Simmons Street, on the left when traveling north. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Guyton GA 31312, United States of America. Touch for directions.
2. Pilgrim Missionary Baptist Normal and Industrial Institute Marker
Photographed By Mike Stroud, 2008
3. Pilgrim Walking Trail
Established 2003
Sponsored by:
Chatham- Effingham Health Department
Pilgrim Missionary Baptist Association
City of Guyton
Effingham County Recreation & Parks
Photographed By Mike Stroud, May 25, 2008
4. Pilgrim Missionary Baptist Normal and Industrial Institute Marker and Pilgrim Walking Trail
Photographed By Mike Stroud, 2008
5. Today's Pilgrim Missionary Baptist Educational Center
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