Officially recognized in 1867, when it was entered into court records as a school for Jarvisburg’s African American Students, making it the oldest African American school in North Carolina.
This school and several others were established after the Civil War ended.
Currently the school is being nominated to the National Register for education, social history, black ethnic heritage and architecture The building is also an extremely rare example of a pre-Rosenwald African American school constructed in North Carolina.
The outside of the building has been recently restored with the ultimate goal of a full interior restoration with hopes of one day turning the building into a museum.
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