Tower was a local businessman and Creditt was pastor of the city's first African Baptist church.

[10] In July 1912 the school announced that it would be sending fifteen graduates to Lincoln University that fall.

[12] Howard D. Queen, a US Army colonel and commander of the 366th Infantry Regiment during World War II, served in the mathematics department after his military career.

[13] Delaware County Community College's Downingtown campus is on the site of the former school.

[14] Notable alumni include Cab Calloway, famous for, among other things, "Minnie the Moocher, or The Hi-De-Ho song."