Haven Institute and Conservatory of Music

Haven Institute and Conservatory of Music
image from 1922
Former name
Meridian Academy,
Haven Institute
TypePrivate, historically black
Active1865 (1865)–early 1930s
FounderMoses Austin
AffiliationClark University (1921–early 1930s)
Religious affiliation
Methodist Episcopal Church
Location
Meridian, Mississippi, U.S.

32°22′11″N 88°42′18″W / 32.369627°N 88.705044°W / 32.369627; -88.705044

Haven Institute and Conservatory of Music, also known simply as Haven Institute, was an American private historically black Methodist college active from 1865 until the early-1930s, located in Meridian, Mississippi.[1] It was founded in 1865 by Moses Austin, a pastor of the Saint Paul Methodist Episcopal Church of Meridian and a formerly enslaved person.[2] Originally it was called Meridian Academy and it was located at 27th Avenue and 13th Street in Waynesboro, Georgia, however the name changed in 1914 and the campus moved in 1921.

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  2. ^ Stowell, Jay S. (1922). Methodist Adventures in Negro Education. The Methodist Book Concern. pp. 129–133.