On February 8, 1915, a fire destroyed several buildings on the campus. Around the same time, the CME Church felt that a better location was needed for a church-supported educational institute in the area. In 1915, they founded the Arkansas-Haygood Industrial College on of land roughly south of Pine Bluff, Arkansas, with the college's first classes beginning in 1922. However, the seminary near Washington continued to operate, with a new building constructed at the school in 1921 named Williamson's Hall. By 1927, the seminary had completely relocated to the Pine Bluff location, with the remaining buildings at the old location being sold to the Washington Public School District. The school district operated Lincoln High School, the county's public high school for African Americans, at the site. The last original building from Haygood Seminary, Williamson's Hall, was demolished in 1955. Meanwhile, Arkansas-Haygood Industrial College continued to operate until it closed during World War II.
