The story
A dying Scottish planter's bequest built the first free public school in the American South, which survived the Civil War as a freedmen's school.
Everything that was here
- 1856–present · still open
Massie Heritage CenterHistoric School / Heritage Center
A dying Scottish planter's bequest built the first free public school in the American South, which survived the Civil War as a freedmen's school.
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Nearby history
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429 Abercorn Street · 109 m away
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404 Abercorn St · 165 m away
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20 East Gordon Street · 175 m away
Monterey Square
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