Franklin, Virginia — The American South (Mid-Atlantic)

Della Irving Hayden

(ca. 1855-1924)

Photographed by Brandon D Cross, May 25, 2023

1. Della Irving Hayden Marker

Inscription. Della I. Hayden, educator, was born into slavery in North Carolina and moved to Virginia with her mother after the Civil War. She attended a Freedmen's Bureau school and graduated from the Hampton Normal and Agricultural Institute (later Hampton University) in 1877. She then served as a teacher and principal in Franklin and, for more than a decade, was "lady principal" of what is now Virginia State University. In 1904 Hayden founded the Franklin Normal and Industrial Institute to provide academic, agricultural, and industrial training to African American students. The school, renamed Hayden High School in her honor, moved into a new brick building here in 1953.

Erected 2019 by Department of Historic Resources. (Marker Number U-133.)

Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: African Americans • Civil Rights • Education • Women. A significant historical year for this entry is 1904.

Location. 36° 39.955′ N, 76° 55.477′ W. Marker is in Franklin, Virginia. It is on Oak Street 0.1 miles north of Morton Street, on the left when traveling south. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal

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address: 580 Oak Street, Franklin VA 23851, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in Coastal Virginia.

It is also in the American South,

specifically in the Upper South,

and in the Tidewater.

Globally, it is in 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: Battle of Franklin (approx. 0.7 miles away); The Blackwater Line (approx. 0.7 miles away); Confederate Commissary Center (approx. 0.7 miles away); The Barretts: A Franklin Pioneer Family (approx. 0.7 miles away); The Age of Steam (approx. 0.7 miles away); "Can't Is Not in the Camp's Vocabulary" (approx. 0.7 miles away); War Comes to the Blackwater (approx. 0.7 miles away); Recovery and Progress (approx. 0.7 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Franklin.

Also see . . . Hayden High School (Franklin, Virginia).

Photographed by Brandon D Cross, May 25, 2023

2. Della Irving Hayden Marker

(Submitted on May 26, 2023, by Brandon D Cross of Flagler Beach, Florida.)

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3. Della Irving Hayden

Credits. This page was last revised on May 26, 2023. It was originally submitted on May 26, 2023, by Brandon D Cross of Flagler Beach, Florida. This page has been viewed 341 times since then and 39 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3. submitted on May 26, 2023, by Brandon D Cross of Flagler Beach, Florida. • Bernard Fisher was the editor who published this page.