Merritt School

Old Troy Rd., 0.5 mi. S of US 82, Midway, Alabama. County/parish: Bullock.

Added to the National Register of Historic Places February 20, 1998. NRIS 98000110.

Part of The Rosenwald School Building Fund and Associated Buildings MPS (NRIS 64500011).

1 contributing building.

From Wikipedia:

Merritt School

The Merritt School, also known as the Old Merritt School and Midway Community Center, is a historic building and former two-room Rosenwald School for African American students in Bullock County, Alabama, United States, that was built around 1922.

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1998; and the Alabama Register of Landmarks and Heritage in 1990. It also has a historical marker erected 1998 by the Bullock County Historical Society and the Alabama Historical Association.

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National Park Service documentation: https://catalog.archives.gov/id/77834855