Winonah Camp / Mozella Price Home

Winonah Camp, also, Mozella Price Home. . , Mozella Jordan Price was instrumental in improving the education and quality of life for African Americans in Appomattox County. Mrs. Price was educated in Farmville schools and attended Boydton Institute and Virginia State College (now known as Virginia State University). She earned a Bachelor of Science from Hampton Institute and a master's degree at Teachers College, Columbia University in New York City. Mrs. Price became one of Appomattox County's most popular and dynamic teachers. From 1919 to 1963, she served as the supervisor of Appomattox County Negro Schools., Mrs. Price secured donations that were used for a scholarship fund. Following her death, her sister, Peg, directed these funds to be used to build the Carver-Price Cultural Center to fulfill another of her dreams. The county's Black schools were consolidated and enlarged in the town of Appomattox in 1952. The new school was renamed Carver-Price School in honor of both Mrs. Price, for her hard work and dedication, and also for George Washington Carver. Her dedication to the training of young minds also led Mrs. Price to start Winonah Camp for underprivileged boys in her large home in 1933. Girls were admitted into the camp in 1936. Children attending the camp came from as far away as New York. Throughout her life, Mrs. Price shared her home with many children as a foster parent. In the late 1940s the elementary school burned. Mrs. Price used her home as an interim school where she and several teachers taught multiple grades from Winonah Camp. Before her death in 1971, Virginia State College honored Mrs. Price with a certificate for her outstanding services in education and in helping underprivileged youth., [Caption:] , Winonah Camp was built by the Prices as a residence in 1931. Mozella Jordan Price used the camp, pictured here in the 1930s, as a residence throughout her life.