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Rockville Elementary School

Rockville Elementary School is a South Carolina historical marker in Wadmalaw Island, Charleston County, dedicated 2025.

Charleston County · dedicated 2025 · Edith L. Frierson Elementary School, 6133 Maybank Hwy., Wadmalaw Island, Wadmalaw Island

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Front: This campus was originally Rockville Elementary School. It replaced an older Rockville School that moved to this site between World Wars I and II from Bethlehem Baptist Church (1 mi. N). It served African American residents of Wadmalaw Island and was built in 1953-54 through the S.C. equalization program, a state effort to defend segregation by improving Black schools. Reverse: The equalization school was designed by Charleston architect Augustus E. Constantine. It enrolled around 400 students in its early years and had 12 rooms. It remained predominantly Black after desegregating in 1970-71. In 1974 the school was renamed in honor of longtime principal Edith L. Frierson (1908-1998). A native of Charleston, she led the school from 1926 until retiring in 1974.

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Marker data: South Carolina Historical Marker Program, SC Department of Archives and History
Sponsored by Friends of Frierson and Charleston County School District

Rockville Elementary School

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