
Lowndesboro Colored School , Lowndesboro, Lowndes County, c.late 19th Century (Places in Peril 2008)10/20/2008 ![]() Dating from the late nineteenth century, the old Lowndesboro Colored School is one of Alabama’s oldest surviving African American schoolhouses. The board-and-batten structure is now deteriorated and used only for storage, but much of the exterior remains intact. Local residents also recall seeing the old blackboards when the structure was used in recent years as a laundromat. Local preservationists hope that the rare and significant Lowndesboro Colored School, now in private ownership, can be restored and eventually included on the annual community pilgrimage tour.
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