Midway in Bullock County, Alabama — The American South (East South Central)
Old Merritt School Midway Community Center
Photographed by David J Gaines, October 20, 2012
1. Old Merritt School Midway Community Center Marker
Inscription.
Old Merritt School Midway Community Center. . Margaret Elizabeth Merritt of Midway sold two acres for $5 to the state of Alabama in 1921 as a site for an elementary school for African-American children. Built in 1922 with matching Rosenwald funds, the Midway Colored Public School featured oak and pine construction and two classrooms divided by a partition. The building is one of the few surviving of the more than 5,000 rural black schools built with contributions from the Julius Rosenwald Fund. Enlarged twice, then renovated in 1978, it is now used for community activities. Added to the Alabama Register of Landmarks and Heritage, November 2, 1990 and to the National Register of Historic Places, February 20, 1998.
Margaret Elizabeth Merritt of Midway sold two acres for $5 to the state of Alabama in 1921 as a site for an elementary school for African-American children. Built in 1922 with matching Rosenwald funds, the Midway Colored Public School featured oak and pine construction and two classrooms divided by a partition. The building is one of the few surviving of the more than 5,000 rural black schools built with contributions from the Julius Rosenwald Fund. Enlarged twice, then renovated in 1978, it is now used for community activities. Added to the Alabama Register of Landmarks and Heritage, November 2, 1990 and to the National Register of Historic Places, February 20, 1998.
Erected 1998 by The Bullock County Historical Society and the Alabama Historical Association.
Location. 32° 4.526′ N, 85° 31.786′ W. Marker is in Midway, Alabama, in Bullock County. It is on Old Troy Road, on the left when traveling west. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Midway AL 36053, United States of America. Touch for directions.
Regionally, this marker is in the American South, specifically in the Deep South, and in the Black Belt. Globally, it is in North America, a Gulf of Mexico state, 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 Confederate States of America, and the Antebellum South.
2. Old Merritt School Midway Community Center Marker
Photographed by David J Gaines, October 20, 2012
3. Old Merritt School Midway Community Center
Credits. This page was last revised on November 19, 2024. It was originally submitted on November 6, 2012, by David J Gaines of Pinson, Alabama. This page has been viewed 2,756 times since then and 92 times this year. Photos:1, 2, 3. submitted on November 6, 2012, by David J Gaines of Pinson, Alabama. • Bill Pfingsten was the editor who published this page.
