Buckingham Training School

Buckingham Training School (HMJF4)

Location: Dillwyn, VA 23936 Buckingham County
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Country: United States of America
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N 37° 32.607', W 78° 28.459'

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One mile southeast stood Buckingham Training School, the first high school in the county for African American students. In 1919 the Rev. Stephen J. Ellis organized the County-Wide League for School Improvement to persuade the Buckingham County School Board to build a secondary school for black students. When this effort failed, Ellis and his supporters raised $3,000 to match a grant from the Julius Rosenwald Fund, established in 1917 to build schools for black students in the rural South. The four-room high school opened in 1924 with Thomas L. Dabney as principal and served the community until it closed in 1953.
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HM NumberHMJF4
Series This marker is part of the Rosenwald Schools series
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Marker NumberF 62
Year Placed1995
Placed ByDepartment of Historic Resources
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Date Added Saturday, September 27th, 2014 at 12:27am PDT -07:00
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UTM (WGS84 Datum)17S E 723134 N 4158159
Decimal Degrees37.54345000, -78.47431667
Degrees and Decimal MinutesN 37° 32.607', W 78° 28.459'
Degrees, Minutes and Seconds37° 32' 36.42" N, 78° 28' 27.54" W
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Area Code(s)434, 804
Closest Postal AddressAt or near 16087-16111 N James Madison Hwy, Dillwyn VA 23936, US
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