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Photographer: Anderson County by Howard Woody
Taken: Circa 1918
Caption: Reed Street School
Additional Description: In the late 1890s the Greeley Institute on McDuffie Street taught African-American students. Two black schools were being used in 1900 and Greeley had 5 teachers and 583 students. A brick school was constructed in 1901 at a cost of $3,000 on the corner of South Towers and Reed Streets. The 1905 city directory called it Grammar School #1 and Mr. M.H. Gassaway was principal with 9 teachers.
Submitted: October 25, 2012, by Brian Scott of Anderson, South Carolina.
Database Locator Identification Number: p224265
File Size: 0.366 Megabytes

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