Liberty Colored High School
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Liberty Colored High School is a former high school for African-American students in Liberty, South Carolina during the period of racial segregation. It originally was called Liberty Colored Junior High School.[2] The building is now a community center known as the Rosewood Center.[3] It is at East Main Street (South Carolina Highway 93) and Rosewood Street in Liberty. The school was built in 1937 on the site of a Rosenwald school that had burned down.[2][4]
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Liberty Colored High School | |
Location | Jct. of SC 93 and Rosewood St., Liberty, Pickens County, South Carolina, U.S. |
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Coordinates | 34°47′24″N 82°41′23″W |
Area | 1.4 acres (0.57 ha) |
Built | 1937 |
Architect | Works Progress Administration |
Architectural style | Late 19th And 20th Century Revivals |
NRHP reference No. | 03000270[1] |
Added to NRHP | April 18, 2003 |
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Because of its role in the education of local African-American students, it was named to the National Register of Historic Places on April 18, 2003.[1][2][5][6]