The Howard School in Fayetteville, N.C.

This school was established at the close
of the Civil War for educating colored child-
ren. Chesnutt attended this school in his
boyhood both as pupil and as pupil-teacher.

In 1877 the State Colored Normal School
was established by the state of North Carolina
to train teachers for the colored schools.

In 1880 Chesnutt became principal of the
State Colored Normal School which occupied the
the second floor of this building.