Nansemond County Training School
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jdhowell
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Nansemond County Training School Historical Marker west of Holland on South Quay Road (US 58, eastbound lane, at intersection with Leafwood Rd). The actual building where this school was is about 2 miles down Leafwood.
Waymark Code: WMA6P3
Location: Virginia, United States
Date Posted: 11/24/2010
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Nansemond County Training School was the first High School in Nansemond County (now contained in the independent City of Suffolk) for African-American Students. The building where that school was located is about two miles away from the site of the marker, at the intersection of Leafwood and Southwestern Blvd. The location is presently used as the site of Southwestern Elementary School. The original building sits in disuse beside the school building.
Full Text of the Marker reads as follows:
Nansemond County Training School
Two miles south stood the Nansemond County Training School, the first high school in the county for African American students. It was constructed in 1924 with $5,000 contributed by African American families, $11,500 in public money, and $1,500 from the Rosenwald Fund, established in 1917 to build schools for African American students in the rural South. The building, with seven classrooms and one auditorium, contained an elementary and secondary school. Hannibal E. Howell was its first principal, serving for 42 years. In 1964, the name was changed to Southwestern High School, and after the racial integration of county schools, it became Southwestern Intermediate School.
Department of Histroric Resources, 2007
Marker Number: U 128
Marker Title: Nansemond County Training School
Marker Location: Intersection of Leafwood Rd and South Quay Rd (US 58 Eastbound lane)
County or Independent City: Suffolk
Marker Program Sponsor: Department of Historic Resources
Web Site: Not listed
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