Penn School Historic District

Penn School Historic District - Credit: Wikimedia Commons

The Penn Center, formerly the Penn School, is an African-American cultural and educational center in the Corners Community, on Saint Helena Island. Founded in 1862 by Quaker and Unitarian missionaries from Pennsylvania, it was the first school founded in the Southern United States specifically for the education of African-Americans. It provided critical educational facilities to Gullah slaves freed after plantation owners fled the island, and continues to fulfill an educational mission. Leigh Richmond Miner photographed students and activities at the school.https://www.worldcat.org/title/photographs-from-the-book-face-of-an-island/oclc/1281684409 Read more on Wikipedia

type: NRHP
date from: 1855

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