[1] James Haskell Hope, the South Carolina Superintendent of Education from 1922 to 1945, sold more than 2 acres (8,100 m2) of his land for the "gift-like' price of $5 to the Trustees of School District No.

The building has a wooden frame structure, a brick foundation, and a corrugated metal roof.

Desks, a wood-burning stove, and a sign are in the collection of the National Museum of African American History and Culture.

[5] The legendary Thurman Ruth, gospel singer, deejay, and concert promoter, was born in Pomaria in 1914.

He moved to Brooklyn with his family in 1922 where an early age he organized a gospel quartet, the Selah Jubilee Singers, out of the choir at St. Mark Holy Church (Pentecostal) where they sang every Sunday night for about 10 years.