Stanton, Edmin M., School - Jacksonville, FL - U.S. National Register of Historic Places on Waymarking.com

Stanton has a unique history as an educational institution. Immediately after Emancipation, a group of colored people in the City of Jacksonville organized themselves into the Education Society, and on February 8, 1868, purchased the property on which the Stanton School building now stands from Ossian B. Hart and his wife. This property was covered by Warranty Deed to C. F. Chase, I. L. F. Garvin, and Edwin M. Randall, trustees of the Florida Institute for the purchase price of $850.It was their purpose and intent to erect on the property a school building to be known as the Florida Institute.Financial problems, however, delayed progress on the building until December of that year when the first school was built and incorporated through the aid of the Freedman's Bureau.The school was a wooden structure and was named in honor of General Edwin McMasters Stanton, President Abraham Lincoln's Secretary of War (Click for additional information on E. Stanton). He was an ardent champion of human rights and an advocate of free formal education for Negro boys and girls. It was the first school of education for black children in Jacksonville and its surrounding counties, and was the first school for black children in the State of Florida.

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Street address: 521 West Ashley Street Jacksonville, FL USA 32203 County / Borough / Parish: Duval County Year listed: 1983 Historic (Areas of) Significance: Event, Architecture/Engineering, Person Periods of significance: 1917, 1868 Historic function: Education Current function: Work In Progress Privately owned?: yes Primary Web Site: [Web Link] Secondary Website 1: [Web Link] Season start / Season finish: Not listed Hours of operation: Not listed Secondary Website 2: Not listed National Historic Landmark Link: Not listed

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