African-American Contributions in St. Mary's County UNIFIED COMMITTEE FOR
AFRO-AMERICAN CONTRIBUTIONS
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Cardinal Gibbons Institute in Ridge, Maryland 1929 (Roman Catholic School) - photo courtesy Jackson Davis Collection

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Historic Sites
in St. Mary's County

St. Mary's County has numerous historic sites. Some are well preserved or reconstructed and others are at risk. Still more are unidentified and largely unknown. On this page we will feature sites that emphasize African American contributions.

On the map below, click on the photograph of the historic site to learn more.



White Marsh one-room schoolhouse; 1st - 3rd grades (post 1900 - 1950s) Fenwick two-room schoolhouse (1881 - 1956) Mileston/Oakley one-room schoolhouse (1872 - 1959) Civil War Metal of Honor recipient, William Barnes Drayden one-room schoolhouse (1890 - 1944) Slave cabin at Broome Howard plantation, St. Mary's City, Maryland St. Inigoes one-room schoolhouse (1896 - 1940s) Scotland one-room schoolhouse (1879 - 1949) Slave cabin at Sotterley plantation, Hollywood, Maryland Hollywood/Phyllis Wheatly one-room schoolhouse (1877 - 1951) African American Monument built by UCAC in Freedom Park, Lexington Park, Maryland (2000) Jarboesville II school; 1st - 7th grades (? - 1958) Knights of St. Jerome school in Dameron, Maryland (1887 - 1991) St. Peter Claver school (1916 - 1967)
Historic sites in St. Mary's County, Maryland


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