Eckington School

The Eckington School was built in 1895 as

a frame, one-room school for African American

students from the nearby communities of

Eckington and Poplar Ridge. The school

building is typical of the ungraded schools of

the 19th century that had all grades housed

together in the same room. Such schools were

common in rural communities until the mid-20th century. The Eckington School building

closed in 1941. This structure stands as a rare

example of the nearly vanished one-room

schoolhouse type, illustrating the importance

of education among the rural black community

in the decades after the Civil War.

Marker is on Mt. Pony Road (County Route 658) just west of Blackjack Road (County Route 661), on the left when traveling east.

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