Built 1916 (1916) Opened 1916 Added to NRHP 27 January 1983 | NRHP Reference # 83002190 Area 6,100 m² | |
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Location Lancaster and Cemetery Sts., Chester, South Carolina | ||
Kumler Hall, also known as the Brainerd Institute, is a historic dormitory located at Chester, Chester County, South Carolina. The Brainerd Institute was one of the earliest and finest of the many private schools established for African-American freedmen in South Carolina in the years just after the American Civil War. The school was operated from about 1868 until 1940 by the Board of Missions of the Presbyterian Church. Kumler Hall was built about 1916, and is a brick two-story boys dormitory. It has a central longitudinal hallway opening onto the porch, with a central single-flight stairway and classrooms and dormitory rooms opening on either side on both floors and the basement.
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1983.