Title
Preview
Location
2000 Cades Road, Cades
City
Cades
County
Williamsburg
Date of Founding
1879
Date of Photograph
1-1-2014
Description
Cooper’s Academy, built in 1905-06, was a private boarding school for the black children of this community until 1927, and a public school from 1927 to 1958. Founded by Moses Cooper, H.J. Cooper, and Ada E. Martin, it was first called Cooper’s Academy, Normal and Industrial Institute for Colored Youth. The school closed in 1958 when black schools at Battery Park and Cades were consolidated.
Source
SC Department of Archives and History
Rights
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