Robert Smalls School Explained

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.

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: NRHP nomination for Robert Smalls School. National Park Service. 2014-08-15.