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Soon after the Civil War, John Storer contributed $10,000 towards establishing a college in Harpers Ferry, W. Va. This institution of higher learning was the first college below the Mason- Dixon Line to accept students "without distinction of race or color". The school bears the name of it's principle benefactor,  Storer College.

1. Engraving of John Storer of Sanford, Maine

Portrait of John Storer, the founder of Storer College.

2. John Storer, Founder of Storer College, Harpers Ferry, W. Va.

Portrait of John Storer, the founder of Storer College.

3. John Storer, Founder of Storer College, Harpers Ferry, W. Va.