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Schofield Normal and Industrial School

1866 establishments in South CarolinaEducational institutions established in 1866Historically segregated African-American schools in South CarolinaSchools in Aiken County, South CarolinaSchools supported by the Freedmen's Bureau
Wharton Hall, Schofield Normal and Industrial School, 1909
Wharton Hall, Schofield Normal and Industrial School, 1909

Schofield Normal and Industrial School was a school for African Americans in Aiken, South Carolina. It is now a public middle school. The school was founded by the Freedmen's Bureau in 1866. Martha Schofield, a Quaker from Pennsylvania became its superintendent. It became a boarding school and taught trades and trained teachers. It was merged into the public school system in 1952. It was integrated in the 1960s and became a middle school.Isaac Fisher taught at the school. Nick Aaron Ford taught at the school. Martha Schofield was also a political activist. She wrote to her sister on school stationary.Sanford P. Brady, an alumnus of the school, became its first African American superintendent. A belltower from the school that topped its Carter Hall is extant. A historical marker commemorates the school's history. Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College has a collection of papers from the school. The school is part of the Reconstruction Era National Historic Network.

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Schofield Normal and Industrial School
Kershaw Street Northeast, Aiken

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Kershaw Street Northeast 224
29801 Aiken
South Carolina, United States
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