Old Merritt School Midway Community Center - Midway, AL
N 32° 04.526 W 085° 31.786
16S E 638764 N 3549742
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.
Waymark Code: WMFN35
Location: Alabama, United States
Date Posted: 11/06/2012
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The Old Merritt School Midway Community Center is a standard Alabama Historical Association metal marker with the Alabama flag in an oval at the top. It is located in front of the school building on Old Troy Road. The marker was placed by the Bullock County Historical Society and the Alabama Historical Association.
Marker Name: Old Merritt School Midway Community Center
Marker Type: Urban
Addtional Information::
Marker Text:
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.
Date Dedicated / Placed: 1998
Marker Number: None
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