Robert Smalls School
Robert Smalls School | |
Location | 316 Front St., Cheraw, South Carolina |
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Coordinates | 34°42′7″N 79°53′1″W / 34.70194°N 79.88361°W |
Area | less than one acre |
Built | c. 1953 |
NRHP reference No. | 14000043[1] |
Added to NRHP | March 4, 2014 |
The Robert Smalls School is a historic school building at 316 Front Street in Cheraw, South Carolina. This single story brick Colonial Revival structure was designed by the Florence firm of Hopkins, Baker & Gill, and completed in 1953. It was part of a development effort by the city to modernize its schools while continuing to provide "separate but equal" education facilities for its African-American citizenry. It served as a public school until the 1990s, and was sold by the city to a nonprofit organization in 2012. It now houses a food pantry and services for at-risk youth.[2] It was named for Robert Smalls.
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2014.[1]
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[edit]References
[edit]- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
- ^ "NRHP nomination for Robert Smalls School" (PDF). National Park Service. Retrieved 2014-08-15.