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Creation Date
7-5-2009
Building Name
Colored Memorial School
Description
Colored Memorial School 1, Brunswick, GA.
Colored Memorial School and Risley High Schooll is a historic school complex in Brunswick, Georgia where a Freedmen's School opened in 1870. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places on November 7, 2002., NRIS #02001290. It is located at 1800 Albany Street and is currently a middle school.
In 1923 Colored Memorial High School building was built and named to honor African-American veterans in World War I. It is a landmark of African-American education in Glynn County. This school has continued to operate since its opening. Originally intended as a school for African Americans, it is one of the few schools that survived desegregation.
Latitude, Longitude
31.15478611, -81.49101944
Recommended Citation
Taylor, George Lansing Jr., "Colored Memorial School 1, Brunswick, GA" (2009). George Lansing Taylor Collection Main Gallery. 4232.
https://digitalcommons.unf.edu/historical_architecture_main/4232
