Alapaha Colored School

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Alapaha Colored School
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LocationHenry St., S of jct. with George St., Alapaha, Georgia
Coordinates 31°22′41″N83°13′27″W / 31.37794°N 83.22418°W / 31.37794; -83.22418
Arealess than one acre
Built1924 (1924)
NRHP reference No. 02000758 [1]
Added to NRHPJuly 11, 2002

Alapaha Colored School is a historic school building in Alapaha, Georgia, located on Henry Street South of the junction with George Street. It is one of the last surviving two-story wood-frame African-American school buildings in Georgia. It was built with a brick foundation in 1924. [2] There are two rooms downstairs and one large room upstairs. It was the school serving the local African-American community from 1924 until 1954. [3] It was added to the National Register of Historic Places on July 11, 2002. [1]

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In 1945 a one-story ell was added in the rear of the building. [3] In 1954, African-American community school in the area were consolidated into one, the Nashville High and Elementary School. [2]

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  1. 1 2 "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. 1 2 Holly L. Anderson; James Horton; Rudolph Smith (May 21, 2002). "National Register of Historic Places Registration: Alapaha Colored School". National Park Service . Retrieved August 28, 2016. with 12 photos (see photo captions in text document)
  3. 1 2 Alapaha Colored School, 1924 July 5, 2012 Vanishing South Georgia (includes photos)
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