Liberty Hill Schoolhouse in
Gainesville, Florida
Gainesville is the county seat of Alachua County, Florida, Alachua County, Florida, and the largest city in North Central Florida, with a population of 141,085 in 2020. It is the principal city of the Gainesville metropolitan area, Florida, Gaine ...
is a one-room schoolhouse built in 1892 to serve African-American children. It replaced a previous Liberty Hill School that was in operation by about 1869, and it operated until 1952. The school served students from the community of
Rutledge.
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It is by . There were no lights in the building and drinking water was brought in.
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It was 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 districts, sites, buildings, structures and objects deemed worthy of preservation for their historical significance or "great artistic v ...
on August 28, 2003.[
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See also
*List of Registered Historic Black Public Schools in Florida
The following buildings were added to the National Register of Historic Places as part of the Florida's Historic Black Public Schools ''Multiple Property Submission'' (or ''MPS'').
Notes
:2. In 2007, the school building was demolished as part ...
References
National Register of Historic Places in Gainesville, Florida
School buildings completed in 1892
Vernacular architecture in Florida
Historically segregated African-American schools in Florida
Defunct black public schools in the United States that closed when schools were integrated
1892 establishments in Florida
Buildings and structures in Gainesville, Florida
1952 disestablishments in Florida
Education in Alachua County, Florida
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