1/4 mi. SE. of Jct. of AL 28 and McCall Rd., Catherine, Alabama. County/parish: Wilcox.
Added to the National Register of Historic Places October 29, 2001. NRIS 01001171.
3 contributing buildings.
Prairie Mission, also known as the Prairie Mission School and Prairie Institute, was a historic African American school in the community of Prairie, Alabama. The school is the only survivor of the six original Presbyterian mission schools that once operated in Wilcox County. It was placed on the Alabama Register of Landmarks and Heritage on July 22, 1991 and subsequently on the National Register of Historic Places on October 29, 2001, due its significance to African American history.
(read more...)National Park Service documentation: https://catalog.archives.gov/id/77837555