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28011.SC – STORER COLLEGE: Storer College (1867-1955) was one of the first black institutions of higher learning in the South. The college was named after John Storer of Stanford, Maine, who in February 1867, offered to donate $10,000 toward the founding of a Negro school. It is now the Mather Training Center, part of the Harpers Ferry National Historical Park.