James Smallwood Schoolhouse

James Smallwood Schoolhouse is a Pennsylvania historical marker in York County, dedicated 2002.

200 Block of S Pershing Ave.

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Built in 1892, this school was part of a movement to create schools for the education of black students by black teachers, and is representative of the national struggle for equal education, regardless of race. Named in memory of James Smallwood, elected teacher of the city's first " colored school" in 1871.

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Barry Lawrence Ruderman Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

Historical maps covering this location

1871 · Colton's Township Pennsylvania (1871) (Barry Lawrence Ruderman Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1876 · Railway Map of the State of Pennsylvania (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1878 · Pennsylvania. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1895 · Route, Gettysburg campaign. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1908 · York, Pennsylvania (USGS Historical Topographic Map Collection)

Colton's Township Pennsylvania (1871), 1871, covering the location of James Smallwood Schoolhouse, with a pin at the marker's coordinates — Colton's Township Pennsylvania (1871), 1871, covering this location. Barry Lawrence Ruderman Map Collection, Stanford Libraries. The pin is ours, placed from the marker's coordinates.

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Marker data: Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission via data.pa.gov

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