Updated:
05/09/2008
Holly Knoll
Listed as a Virginia and National Landmark, Holly Knoll is the central building of the Moton Conference Center and was the Gloucester home of Dr. Robert R. Moton, a native Virginian, who followed Booker T. Washington as a Tuskegee president.
Dr. Moton, a son of former slaves, provided more than 50 years of service to Hampton University and Tuskegee Institute. After Moton's death in 1940, the Conference Center was established to continue his work in education. His friends and associates formed an organization and his heirs made the Capahosic estate available to the group. The organization has grown and become the Robert R. Moton Institute with offices in New York City and Washington, D.C. The Moton Conference Center is located on Route 662.
