Home > South Carolina > Frogmore vicinity > Penn School Historic District, Route SC 37, 1 mile South of Frogmore, St. Helena , Frogmore, Beaufort County, SC
Data Pages
No images were found.
Item Title
Penn School Historic District, Route SC 37, 1 mile South of Frogmore, St. Helena , Frogmore, Beaufort County, SC
LocationSt. Helena,
Frogmore vicinity, SC
Find maps of Frogmore, SC
Created/Published
Documentation compiled after 1933.
Notes
Survey number HABS SC-588
Building/structure dates:
1852
Building/structure dates:
2000 subsequent work
National Register Number: 74001824
Significance: Northern missionaries organized one of the first southern schools for blacks here in 1862. Pioneered in health services and self-help programs. The oldest existing structure is the Brick Church (1855). Dr. Martin Luther King and staff held meetings here.
Subjects
African AmericansSchools
Related Names
Towne, Laura
Murray, Ellen
King, Dr. Martin Luther
Collection
Historic American Buildings Survey (Library of Congress)
Contents
Back to Frogmore vicinity, South Carolina
Cart