
The school was built in 1921-22. It was a One-Teacher type school. The funds to build the school were contributed as follows:
Negroes - $1,000.00 Public - $450.00 Rosenwald School Fund $500.00
The total cost was $1,950.00.
It was heated by wood-burning stoves. The stoves were too often the cause of fires that resulted in the destruction of schools.
Mt. Carmel School - Photo: Courtesy of The Minnifield Collection
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