Merritt School - Midway, AL
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N 32° 04.509 W 085° 31.795
16S E 638750 N 3549710
The Midway Colored Public School was built in 1922 with matching funds from the Julius Rosenwald Fund.
Waymark Code: WMFV8Z
Location: Alabama, United States
Date Posted: 12/02/2012
Published By:Groundspeak Premium Member silverquill
Views: 3

From the Alabama Histiorical Association marker:

Margaret Elizabeth Merritt of Midway sold two acres for $5 to the state of Alabama in 1921 as a site for an elementary school for African-American children. Built in 1922 with matching Rosenwald funds, the Midway Colored Public School featured oak and pine construction and two classrooms divided by a partition. The building is one of the few surviving of the more than 5,000 rural black schools built with contributions from the Julius Rosenwald Fund. Enlarged twice, then renovated in 1978, it is now used for community activities. Added to the Alabama Register of Landmarks and Heritage, November 2, 1990 and to the National Register of Historic Places, February 20, 1998.
Street address:
701 Old Troy Road
Midway, AL USA
36053


County / Borough / Parish: Bulock County

Year listed: 1998

Historic (Areas of) Significance: Event, Architecture/Engineering

Periods of significance: 1925-1949, 1900-1924

Historic function: Education

Current function: Civic

Privately owned?: yes

Primary Web Site: [Web Link]

Season start / Season finish: Not listed

Hours of operation: Not listed

Secondary Website 1: Not listed

Secondary Website 2: Not listed

National Historic Landmark Link: Not listed

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