Part of PICRYL.com. Not developed or endorsed by the Library of Congress
Penn School Historic District, Brick Church, SC Route 37, 1 mile South of Frogmore, St. Helena Island, Frogmore, Beaufort County, SC

Similar

Penn School Historic District, Brick Church, SC Route 37, 1 mile South of Frogmore, St. Helena Island, Frogmore, Beaufort County, SC

description

Summary

Significance: Part of a complex of buildings of one of the first black schools in the south. This is the oldest building on the complex. Slaves built the church and the pews and took the building over after the Civil War.
Survey number: HABS SC-588-C
Building/structure dates: 1855 Initial Construction
National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 74001824

date_range

Date

1933 - 1970
person

Contributors

Historic American Buildings Survey, creator
Cary, Brian, transmitter
place

Location

create

Source

Library of Congress
copyright

Copyright info

No known restrictions on images made by the U.S. Government; images copied from other sources may be restricted. http://www.loc.gov/rr/print/res/114_habs.html

Explore more

churches
churches