Academic Instruction
Courses were offered in mathematics, natural sciences, geography, physiology, music, literature, and English. Vocational instruction included:
For Boys:
- Carpentry
- Blacksmithing
- Wheel wrighting
- Mattress making
- Mechanical drawing
- Agriculture
- Painting
- Cobbling
- Shoe making
- Animal husbandry
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For Girls:
- Sewing
- Cooking
- Domestic Arts
- Household Arts
- Patch Work
- Laundry Methods
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Challenges
Overcoming constant financial challenges, the school survived as a private institution until the 1930s. In 1937 the public school systems of Fairfax, Fauquier, and Prince William counties formed a joint board of control and purchased 100 acres of land and all the buildings from the Manassas Industrial School to establish a regional high school for African-American students. The landscaped four-acre memorial park features an exhibit kiosk with audio program and interpretive panels. Visitors can obtain a sense of where the buildings once stood through concrete outlines of campus building foundations, and a bronze three-dimensional model of the original school campus. The memorial is located at
9601 Wellington Road
Manassas, VA 20110