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Liberty Hill Schoolhouse (Gainesville, Florida)

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Built
  
1892

NRHP Reference #
  
03000825

Area
  
2 ha

Added to NRHP
  
28 August 2003

Built by
  
J. T. Eddins

Opened
  
1892

Architectural style
  
Vernacular architecture

Liberty Hill Schoolhouse (Gainesville, Florida) httpsuploadwikimediaorgwikipediacommonsthu

Location
  
7600 NW 23rd Ave., Gainesville, Florida

MPS
  
Florida's Historic Black Public Schools Multiple Property Submission

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Liberty Hill Schoolhouse in Gainesville, Florida is a one-room schoolhouse that was 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 the 1950s.

It is 24.5 feet (7.5 m) by 30.5 feet (9.3 m). There were no lights in the building and drinking water was brought in.

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on August 28, 2003.

References

Liberty Hill Schoolhouse (Gainesville, Florida) Wikipedia


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