Fairview School (Canton, Mississippi)

Fairview School
Location 1278 N. Old Canton Rd., Canton, Mississippi
NRHP reference # 08000199[1]
Added to NRHP February 11, 2009

Fairview School in Canton, Mississippi was listed on the U.S. National Register of Historic Places in 2009.[1]

It is a two-room building which had served about 40 students per year from the local area from 1920s into the 1960s.[2]

In 2016, it is also known as Fairview Museum School. It originally was established in 1890 and operated until 1960, and it educated black students of Madison County, Mississippi.[3]

References

  1. 1 2 National Park Service (2009-03-13). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
  2. ↑ Elmalvaney (December 30, 2009). "Preservation in Mississippi: National Register 2009 (Part 1)". Retrieved November 8, 2016.
  3. ↑ "Fairview Museum School". Facebook.


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