Site of former Second Eagle Avenue School

Name/Title

Site of former Second Eagle Avenue School

Entry/Object ID

IMG3408

Description

Site of former Second Eagle Avenue School (1930-1966), an African American school, on the corner of Eagle Avenue and Martin Luther King Jr Boulevard; annex added in 1942; used as both a high school and graded school until Page-Jackson High School was built in 1948; destroyed by fire in 1966. Image stored as a jpeg.

Acquisition

Accession

522

Source or Donor

Whitmore, Susan C.

Acquisition Method

Gift

Made/Created

Artist

Whitmore, Susan C.

Date made

2018

Place

* Untyped Place

Charles Town, West Virginia