Hampton County · Marker 25-06

Hampton Colored School

Hampton Colored School Museum and Resource Center, 608 First St. W.

Front inscription

Constructed for black students, this elementary school was built shortly after Hampton County School District purchased the land in the late 1920s. Two of the school's alumni of the 1930s and 1940s, brothers James F. and Julius C. Fields, achieved national stature as actors, dancers, and choreographers in stage, television, and motion picture productions.

County
Hampton
Region
Lowcountry
City or vicinity
Hampton
Year approved
1989
Erected by
Hampton County Historical Society
Coordinates
32.868517, -81.1202

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