It was built in 1867 and is a rectangular two-story, three-bay frame building which rests on an uncoursed rubble-stone foundation.

It is one of four structures erected in Harford County in the years immediately following the Civil War for the purpose of educating freed slaves.

The school was officially established with funds provided by the Freedmen's Bureau for construction and teachers salaries.

[2][3] In 1954, Hurricane Hazel destroyed the second story but left the ground floor intact.

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