Wytheville Training School

Wytheville Training School (HM1D8W)

Location: Wytheville, VA 24382 Wythe County
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Country: United States of America
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N 36° 57.035', W 81° 4.73'

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By 1867, the Freedmen's Bureau began educating African Americans recently freed from enslavement in Wytheville and soon a building was constructed for the students. In 1882, the Evansham School District and the Franklin Street Methodist Episcopal Church purchased the Freedmen's School and erected a larger school here that became known as the Wytheville Training School. By the late 1940s the school provided secondary school education to African Americam Students from Wythe, Bland, Carroll, and Grayson Counties, as well. The school closed in 1951. The following year a new building opened—Scott Memorial High School—in memory of Richard Henry Scott, an early black educator in the region.
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HM NumberHM1D8W
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Marker NumberK 325
Year Placed2005
Placed ByDepartment of Historic Resources
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Date Added Sunday, September 21st, 2014 at 4:47pm PDT -07:00
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UTM (WGS84 Datum)17S E 492981 N 4089393
Decimal Degrees36.95058333, -81.07883333
Degrees and Decimal MinutesN 36° 57.035', W 81° 4.73'
Degrees, Minutes and Seconds36° 57' 2.10" N, 81° 4' 43.80" W
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Area Code(s)276
Closest Postal AddressAt or near 400-498 E Franklin St, Wytheville VA 24382, US
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