Penn School Historic District

Penn School Historic District
Brick Church
Nearest city Frogmore, South Carolina
Coordinates 32°23′18″N 80°34′31″W / 32.38830°N 80.57530°WCoordinates: 32°23′18″N 80°34′31″W / 32.38830°N 80.57530°W
Built 1855
Governing body Private
NRHP Reference # 74001824
Significant dates
Added to NRHP September 9, 1974[1]
Designated NHLD December 2, 1974[2]

The Penn School Historic District, known also as Penn School or Penn Center Historic District, is a historic district on St. Helena Island in South Carolina. It is located about one mile south of Frogmore on SC 37.[3] Penn School was established by Laura Matilda Towne in 1862 as a school for freed slaves, Gullahs, on an island occupied by the Union near the outset of the American Civil War. It was declared a National Historic Landmark in 1974.[2][3]

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  1. ↑ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. 2007-01-23.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Penn School Historic District". National Historic Landmark summary listing. National Park Service. Retrieved 2008-03-10.
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 James Sheire (August 1974). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory-Nomination: Penn Center Historic District / Penn School" (pdf). National Park Service. and Accompanying two photos, exterior, from 1965 and 1974 PDF (32 KB)

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