Bennettsville in Marlboro County, South Carolina — The American South (South Atlantic)

Marlboro Training High School

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

1. Marlboro Training High School Marker, Side One

Inscription. This school, built in 1928 and founded by the Marlboro Education Society, was the first high school for black students in the county. It was accredited by the state as a four-year high school by 1939. An elementary and high school 1928-1956, it included students in grades 1-11 until 1948 and added grade 12 in 1949. It was an elementary school 1956-1972, then was a child development center for the school district until 1987.

This Colonial Revival school was designed by Bennettsville architect Henry Dudley Harrall (1878-1959). It was also called Marlboro County Training High School. Charles D. Wright, Sr., principal here from 1929 until his death in 1949, was its longest-serving principal, responsible for many advances in its curriculum. This building has housed a local non-profit community center since 1988.

Erected 2012 by Department of Archives and History. Sponsored by the Marlborough Historical Society. (Marker Number 35-39.)

Topics. This historical marker is listed in this topic list: Education. A significant historical year for this entry is 1928.

Location. 34° 36.542′ N, 79° 41.548′ W. Marker is in Bennettsville, South Carolina, in Marlboro County. It is on King Street west of Marshall Street, on the right when traveling west. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 612 King St, Bennettsville SC 29512, United States of America. Touch for directions.

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

It is also in the American South

and specifically in the Deep South.

Globally, it is in the North Atlantic Region,

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

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the Confederate States of America,

and the Antebellum South.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: D.D. McColl House / D.D. McColl House (approx. 0.6 miles away); St. Michael’s Methodist Church (approx. 0.6 miles away); Bennettsville Presbyterian Church (approx. 0.7 miles away); “The Gulf” (approx. 0.7 miles away); Marlborough County Court House (approx. 0.7 miles away); Shiness (approx. 0.7 miles away); Murchison School (approx. 0.7 miles away); Workers Enterprise Bank (approx. 0.7 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Bennettsville.

Marlboro Training High School Marker, Side Two image. Click for full size.

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

2. Marlboro Training High School Marker, Side Two

Marlboro Training High School Marker image. Click for full size.

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

3. Marlboro Training High School Marker

The Former Marlboro High Training School image. Click for full size.

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

4. The Former Marlboro High Training School

Credits. This page was last revised on March 26, 2025. It was originally submitted on March 26, 2025, by J. J. Prats of Powell, Ohio. This page has been viewed 231 times since then and 38 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3, 4. submitted on March 26, 2025, by J. J. Prats of Powell, Ohio.