Price Public School - 1B64 - Rogersville, TN
Posted by: vhasler
N 36° 24.570 W 083° 00.560
17S E 319833 N 4031245
Price Public School was for the education of colored children
Waymark Code: WM6MBD
Location: Tennessee, United States
Date Posted: 06/20/2009
Views: 9
Sign text: Alexander Fain, Jordan Netherland, Albert Jones, and Nathaniel Mitchell, all Black Americans, purchased this land in 1868 "for the purpose of building a schoolhouse for the education of colored children." A two-room log building was constructed and used as a school until the early 1900s. Erected in 1923, the present structure served as a school for grades one through eight until 1958. Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1988, the only known extant black school in Rogersville now serves as a community center and museum.
Marker Name: Price Public School
Marker Location: City
Type of Marker: Building
Marker Number: 1B64
Group(s) Responsible for placing Marker: Tennessee Historical Commission
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