Old Merritt School - Midway, AL
N 32° 04.509 W 085° 31.795
16S E 638750 N 3549710
The Old Merritt (Midway Colored Public) School was built in 1922 with matching funds from the Julius Rosenwald Fund. It is now the Old Merritt Midway Community Center.
Waymark Code: WMG0QP
Location: Alabama, United States
Date Posted: 12/29/2012
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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.
Address:
701 Old Troy Road
Midway, AL USA
36053
Web Site: Not listed
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