Name/Title
First Black SchoolEntry/Object ID
IMG3398 veDescription
Upper photo: The Charles Town home of Achilles Dixon, an African American blacksmith, was the first school for black students. Photo courtesy of the Jefferson County Black History Preservation Society.
Lower left photo: In 2019 the Morrow and Morrow Law Offices stand on the former location of the First Black School. (IMG3398)
Lower right photo: Next to the law offices is a plaque that reads "On these grounds stood the first school for "colored" in Jefferson County. In 1867, the Freedmen's Bureau established this school at the home of Achilles Dixon, a blacksmith. Its first teachers were Annie Dudley and E. H. Oliver. It remained a school until 1874. Dedicated by the Page-Jackson Alumni Association, July 1997". (IMG3398)Made/Created
Place
* Untyped Place
Charles Town, West Virginia