Brick Church
United States historic place in Frogmore, South Carolina. Built 1862. Added to the National Register in 1974, and a National Historic Landmark.
What it is
The Penn Center, formerly the Penn School, is an African-American cultural and educational center in the Corners Community on Saint Helena Island. Founded in 1862 by Quaker and Unitarian missionaries from Pennsylvania, it was the first school founded in the Southern United States specifically for the education of African-Americans. It provided critical educational facilities to Gullah slaves freed after plantation owners fled the island, and continues to fulfill an educational mission.
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The record
| Property type | Building |
| Address | S of Frogmore on SC 37, Frogmore vicinity, SC |
| County | Beaufort County |
| Listed | Sep 9, 1974 |
| Reference number | 74001824 |
| Built | 1862 |
| Type of place | African-American museum, school |
| Designations | National Historic Landmark, America's Most Endangered Historic Places |
| Contributing resources | 18 buildings |
| Standing | Yes |
The nomination form, the document that argues why this place matters, is in the National Archives: Read the nomination ↗
Visiting
| Address | S of Frogmore on SC 37, Frogmore, SC |
| Coordinates | 32.38967, -80.57558 · Directions ↗ |
| Nearest national park unit | Reconstruction Era National Historical Park · 4 mi · on Park Atlas |
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Sources
Location, dates, type and contributing counts come from the National Park Service's National Register spatial data. Construction date, architect, style, photograph and encyclopedia link come from Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons, matched on reference number 74001824. Nothing here is transcribed by hand. The description under "What it is" is the opening of the Wikipedia article, CC BY-SA.