College Street Bell Restoration Project

April 11, 2011

Col. Blair Turner

Rev. George Summey

College Street School- Chester

Old College Street Bell before restoration

College Street bell refinished

A Pictorial Glimpse of theChester County Schools

(late 1930’s- early 1940’s)

These school photographs are part of the private collection of the late Miss Louise G. Knox, lifelong Chester County Historian and Administrative Assistant to the Chester County Superintendent of Education from 1936- 1949.

Bethlehem Colored School – Baton Rouge Community, W. Chester

Black Rock Colored School (Old Richburg Rd., Chester)

Brooklyn Colored School (Ashford St., Chester)

Brown’s Chapel Colored School Lowrys Community (Charity Rd)

Cedar Grove Colored School (Cedar Grove Church Rd, Lewis Turnout

Community)

Old Chester High School- Chester (Columbia St.)

Dora Jones School Chester (Reedy St.)

Cornwell School (Hwy. 321, Blackstock)

Edgemoor School – Edgemoor

Edgemoor Primary School- Edgemoor

Finley Grammar Colored School “White Building”, East Chester

Finley High School, East Chester

Fishing Creek Colored School Rodman Community

Foote Street Grammar School- Chester

Fort Lawn Colored School Fort Lawn Community

Gayle School Chester (Pinckney & Flint Streets)

Great Falls “Mebane” Grammar School Great Falls

Great Falls High School – Great Falls

Great Falls Primary SchoolGreat Falls

Knox Colored School- Richburg Community

(Knox Station & Old Richburg Roads)

Lowrys School(Lowrys Community, Old York Rd.)

Mt. Nebo Colored School Richburg/ Great Falls Area (Hwy 99)

Oakley Hall School Rodman Community

Pryor Colored SchoolChester (Hwy 9)

Richburg High School- Richburg

Richburg Primary School- Richburg

Roddey Colored School – Thompson Quarters Community (Gilchrist Rd.)

Russell Colored School - Blackstock

Smith Branch Colored School Chester (Hwy 321)

Williams Colored SchoolChester (Darby Rd)