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

Site of Tidewater Institute

(1907 - 1935)

Photographed 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.)

Topics and series. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: African Americans • Education • Industry & Commerce • Religion & Religious Structures. In addition, it is included in the Virginia Department of Historic Resources (DHR) series list. A significant historical year for this entry is 1903.

Location. 37° 18.449′ N, 75° 56.9′ W. Marker is in Cheriton, Virginia, in Northampton County. It is on Cobbs Station Road, on the right when traveling east. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office

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area: Cheriton VA 23316, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is on the Eastern Shore.

It is also in the American South,

specifically in the Upper South,

on the Delmarva Peninsula,

and in the Tidewater.

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 4 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Salem Methodist Church (approx. ¾ mile away); Stratton Manor (approx. ¾ mile away); Eyre Hall (approx. 0.8 miles away); Town Fields (approx. 1.6 miles away); Home of First Settler (approx. 2.9 miles away); Home of the First Settler (approx. 2.9 miles away); Eastville Inn (approx. 3.1 miles away); Historic Northampton County Court Bell (approx. 3.2 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Cheriton.

Another marker is no longer nearby. Towne Fields

This house now stands at the site of the Tidewater Institute image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Beverly Pfingsten, April 20, 2008

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

(was approx. 1.6 miles away but has been reported to have been replaced with another marker now near it).

Credits. This page was last revised on December 26, 2019. It was originally submitted on May 4, 2008, by Bill Pfingsten of Bel Air, Maryland. This page has been viewed 2,260 times since then and 67 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on May 4, 2008, by Bill Pfingsten of Bel Air, Maryland.