Original building of Fourah Bay College
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National Monument in Sierra Leone 
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| Monument type | monument | ||
| location | Freetown | ||
| Geographic coordinates : | 8 ° 29 '32.9 " N , 13 ° 12' 34.4" W | ||
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| Emergence | 1845-1848 | ||
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Recognized by the Monuments and Relics Commission |
1955 | ||
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| Website | Website | ||
The original building of the Fourah Bay College ( English Old Fourah Bay College building ) is a national monument of the African state of Sierra Leone . It is located in the capital, Freetown, in Cline Town . It was proposed for inclusion on the UNESCO World Heritage List in 2012 .
The historic building of Fourah Bay College , the first university in Black Africa, opened in 1827 and was the only higher education institution in West Africa until World War II . The building has four floors. The foundation stone was laid in 1845 by then Governor William Fergusson . After the Second World War, the building was used as the administration of the railway company and later as a court.
See also
Web links
- Official website of SierraLeoneHeritage.org (English)
- Documentation and Inventory of Immovable Cultural Heritage 2009 (English; PDF; 35 kB)
- Photo from Old Fourah Bay College, Cline Town, Freetown, 2011
Individual evidence
- ↑ Old Fourah Bay College building. SierraLeoneHeritage.org, accessed June 10, 2014 in 2002
- ^ A b Old Fourah Bay College Building. UNESCO Tentative List, June 1, 2012 Retrieved June 10, 2014