Cheraw in Chesterfield County, South Carolina — The American South (South Atlantic)

Long High School Site

Photographed by J. J. Prats, March 19, 2025

1. Long High School Site Marker, Side One

Inscription. Long H.S. was completed in 1955 and replaced Coulter Academy as the primary African American H.S. in Cheraw. The school was named in honor of Rev. G.W. Long, Coulter's President from 1908 until 1943. Mr. Henry L. Marshall was the first principal. The new school was praised as a thoroughly modern facility, with a library, science lab, agriculture, woodworking/ masonry workshops, and home economics classrooms.

Long High played an integral role in the African American Community by providing cultural events and serving as a venue for strategic political planning during the 1960s. It would remain segregated by race from its opening until Chesterfield County complied with federal desegregation requirements in 1970. The last class graduated in 1970 with Mr. Otis L. Ford serving as the principal. The original school was razed in 1999.

Erected 2017 by Department of Archives and History. Sponsored by the Long High Class of 1970. (Marker Number 13-18.)

Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: African Americans • Education. A significant historical year for this entry is 1955.

Location. 34° 41.832′ N,

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79° 54.26′ W. Marker is in Cheraw, South Carolina, in Chesterfield County. It is on West Greene Street west of Jersey Street, on the right when traveling west. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 1010 W Greene St, Cheraw SC 29520, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in South Carolina’s Pee Dee

and in the Olde English District. It is also in the American South

and specifically in the Deep South.

Globally, it is in North America,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once the territory of the Mississippian Culture,

one of the original Thirteen Colonies,

one of the Confederate States of America,

and the Antebellum South.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 2 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Dizzy Gillespie Birthplace (approx. 0.7 miles away); Lafayette’s Tour (approx. one mile away); Coulter Memorial Academy Site (approx. 1.1 miles away); Robert Smalls School (approx. 1.2 miles away); Francis Asbury's First Visit to S.C. (approx. 1.4

Long High School Site Marker, Side Two image. Click for full size.

Photographed by J. J. Prats, March 19, 2025

2. Long High School Site Marker, Side Two

miles away); Captain Mose Rogers (approx. 1.4 miles away); The 71st Regiment of Foot (approx. 1.4 miles away); Old St. David's (approx. 1.4 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Cheraw.

Long High School Site Marker image. Click for full size.

Photographed by J. J. Prats, March 19, 2025

3. Long High School Site Marker

Long Middle School Today image. Click for full size.

Photographed by J. J. Prats, March 19, 2025

4. Long Middle School Today

Credits. This page was last revised on March 23, 2025. It was originally submitted on March 23, 2025, by J. J. Prats of Powell, Ohio. This page has been viewed 233 times since then and 64 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3, 4. submitted on March 23, 2025, by J. J. Prats of Powell, Ohio.