York County · Marker 46-71
Liberty Hill School
3071 S. Anderson Rd., Catawba
Front inscription
Liberty Hill School was built in 1924-25 to serve African American residents of the Catawba area. Its $3,200 cost was paid by local African Americans, the school district, and the Julius Rosenwald Fund. It is one of twenty Rosenwald schools built in York County and among nearly 500 constructed in S.C. It follows a two-teacher design plan typical of smaller Rosenwald schools.
Reverse inscription
Liberty Hill School ultimately enrolled students in grades 1-7. It closed in 1955 and was among the last country schools in York County to be consolidated. Its students were transferred to Hillcrest Elementary in Lesslie (7.3 mi. N), built in 1955 and funded by the S.C. equalization program, a statewide effort to preserve segregation by upgrading Black schools.