Penn School Historic District

Infobox_nrhp | name =Penn School Historic District
nrhp_type = nhld


caption = Brick Church
nearest_city= Frogmore, South Carolina
locmapin = South Carolina
area =
built =1855
architect= Unknown
architecture= No Style Listed
designated= December 02, 1974cite web|url=http://tps.cr.nps.gov/nhl/detail.cfm?ResourceId=1487&ResourceType=District
title=Penn School Historic District |accessdate=2008-03-10|work=National Historic Landmark summary listing|publisher=National Park Service]
added = September 09, 1974cite web|url=http://www.nr.nps.gov/|title=National Register Information System|date=2007-01-23|work=National Register of Historic Places|publisher=National Park Service]
governing_body = Private
refnum=74001824

Penn School Historic District, known also as Penn School or Penn Center Historic District, is a historic district on St. Helena Island in South Carolina. Penn School was established in 1862 as a school for freed slaves, Gullahs, on an island occupied by the Union near the outset of the American Civil War.

It was declared a National Historic Landmark in 1974.citation|title=PDFlink| [http://pdfhost.focus.nps.gov/docs/NHLS/Text/74001824.pdf National Register of Historic Places Inventory-Nomination: Penn Center Historic District / Penn School] |32 KB|date=August, 1974 |author=James Sheire |publisher=National Park Service and PDFlink| [http://pdfhost.focus.nps.gov/docs/NHLS/Photos/74001824.pdf "Accompanying two photos, exterior, from 1965 and 1974"] |32 KB]

The South Carolina Department of Archives and History summary is here.cite web|url=http://www.nationalregister.sc.gov/beaufort/S10817707020/index.htm
title=Penn Center Historic District, Beaufort County (St. Helena Island) |accessdate=2008-03-10|work=National Register Properties in South Carolina listing|publisher=South Carolina Department of Archives and History]

It is located about one mile south of Frogmore on SC 37.

References

External links

* [http://www.sciway.net/afam/penn.html Penn Center - History and Photos] SCIway.net, South Carolina Information Highway
* [http://www.nationalregister.sc.gov/beaufort/S10817707020/index.htm Penn Center Historic District, Beaufort County (St. Helena Island)] , at South Carolina Department of Archives and History