Robert Smalls School | |
Location: | 316 Front St., Cheraw, South Carolina |
Coordinates: | 34.7019°N -79.8836°W |
Built: | c. |
Added: | March 4, 2014 |
Area: | less than one acre |
Refnum: | 14000043 |
The Robert Smalls School is a historic school building at 316 Front Street in Cheraw, South Carolina. This single story brick Colonial Revival structure was designed by the Florence firm of Hopkins, Baker & Gill, and completed in 1953. It was part of a development effort by the city to modernize its schools while continuing to provide "separate but equal" education facilities for its African-American citizenry. It served as a public school until the 1990s, and was sold by the city to a nonprofit organization in 2012. It now houses a food pantry and services for at-risk youth.[1] It was named for Robert Smalls.
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2014.