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Immanuel College

 
 
Immanuel College Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Paul Crumlish, May 10, 2010
1. Immanuel College Marker
Inscription. Lutheran. Founded 1903, and moved here in 1905; prepared black students for work in theology & education. Closed 1961.
 
Erected 1979 by Division of Archives and History. (Marker Number J-74.)
 
Topics and series. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: African AmericansEducationReligion & Religious Structures. In addition, it is included in the North Carolina Division of Archives and History series list. A significant historical year for this entry is 1903.
 
Location. 36° 4.383′ N, 79° 46.21′ W. Marker is in Greensboro, North Carolina, in Guilford County. It is in Cumberland. It is at the intersection of East Market Street and North Benbow Road, on the right when traveling west on East Market Street. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 1701 East Market Street, Greensboro NC 27401, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in North Carolina’s Piedmont and specifically in Piedmont Triad. It is also in the American South and specifically in the Upper South. Globally, it is in the North Atlantic Region, North America, the Western Hemisphere, the Western World, and the Anglosphere. Historically, it finds itself in what was once the territory of the Mississippian Culture, one of the original Thirteen Colonies, one of the Confederate States of America, and the Antebellum South.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: L. Richardson Memorial Hospital (approx. 0.3 miles away); Dr. Ronald E. McNair (approx. 0.3 miles away); N.C. A. & T. University (approx. 0.4 miles away); February One (approx. 0.4 miles away); William McBryar (approx. half a mile away); Greensboro Massacre (approx. 0.7 miles
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away); Sigmund Sternberger House (approx. Ύ mile away); George Preddy (approx. 0.8 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Greensboro.
 
Another marker is no longer nearby. Bennett College (was approx. half a mile away but has been confirmed missing).
 
Wide view of the Immanuel College Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Paul Crumlish, May 10, 2010
2. Wide view of the Immanuel College Marker
 
 
Credits. This page was last revised on May 3, 2023. It was originally submitted on May 23, 2010, by PaulwC3 of Northern, Virginia. This page has been viewed 979 times since then and 17 times this year. Last updated on May 3, 2023, by Michael Buckner of Durham, North Carolina. Photos:   1, 2. submitted on May 23, 2010, by PaulwC3 of Northern, Virginia. • Bernard Fisher was the editor who published this page.
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