Long Point Road Elementary Fund

Dating to the 1920s, the Long Point Road Elementary schoolhouse, which served the Snowden community, a post-slavery settlement, is a rare survivor of a pre-integration school in the Jim Crow era. The College of Charleston’s Historic Preservation and Community Planning Program recently assessed the building with the hope of saving it from a contractor’s bulldozer. The four acres it sits on have to be cleared to make way for a new healthcare facility.

There is a list of 20 recommendations to preserve and conserve the schoolhouse. First and foremost, of course, is to relocate the schoolhouse to the Snowden Community Center about a mile away, which will cost about $28,000.  It will take another $175,000 more to restore the 1,500-square-foot structure. The healthcare company has given at least six months to get the structure moved while they obtain construction permits, the community has only raised $2,000 so far.

This is a historical significant structure, not just for the history of education in the region, but nationally.

To contribute to the fund, make check payable to SCCA/Long Point School and mail to:

Freddie Jenkins

435 Hattie St.

Mt. Pleasant, SC 29464