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Alapaha Colored School is a historic school in Alapaha,
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, located on Henry Street South of the junction with George Street. It is one of the last surviving two-story wood-frame African-American school buildings in
Georgia Georgia most commonly refers to: * Georgia (country), a country in the Caucasus region of Eurasia * Georgia (U.S. state), a state in the Southeast United States Georgia may also refer to: Places Historical states and entities * Related to the ...
. It was built with a brick foundation in 1924. There are two rooms downstairs and one large room upstairs. It was the school serving the local African-American community from 1924 until 1954.Alapaha Colored School, 1924
July 5, 2012 Vanishing South Georgia (includes photos) It was added to the
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on July 11, 2002. In 1945 a one-story
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was added in the rear of the building. In 1954, African-American community school in the area were consolidated into one, the Nashville High and Elementary School. with (see photo captions in text document)


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National Register of Historic Places listings in Berrien County, Georgia This is a list of properties and districts in Berrien County, Georgia that are listed on the National Register of Historic Places The National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) is the United States federal government's official list of dist ...


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* {{Commons category-inline, Alapaha Colored School School buildings on the National Register of Historic Places in Georgia (U.S. state) Buildings and structures in Berrien County, Georgia School buildings completed in 1924 National Register of Historic Places in Berrien County, Georgia 1924 establishments in Georgia (U.S. state)