Daufuskie Island School

Historic Property
Alternate Name:
[unknown]
Street Address:
13 Jake Washington Rd.;(Beaufort County)

Site Number:
176-274
Control Number:
U/13/176-274
Tax Number:
R800 024 000 0129 0000
Date Surveyed:
September 17 1997
Category:
Building
Construction Date:
1913
Historic Use:
Education
Current Use:
Government
Historic Core Shape:
Rectangular
Number of Stories:
1
Construction Method:
frame
Exterior Walls Materials:
Weatherboard
Foundation Materials:
Brick Piers
Roof Shape:
gable (end to front)
Roof Materials:
V crimp metal
Porch Width:
full facade
Historical Information:
Built1913 as school for white children of Daufuskie; first years had fewer than 10 pupils; in the late 1930s there were nearly 30 students; in1945 the school closed when its only 2 pupils moved to Bluffton. In 1948 it was reopened for one white child wh
Source of Historical Information:
"Daufuskie Island Historic District" National Register nomination. Billie Burn, An Island Named Daufuskie, pp. 303, 313, 316-320; photos pp. 311, 315
Quadrangle Name:
Fort Pulaski