It currently serves as a community center and home of the Swift Museum.

[1] The site of the school was dedicated to African-American education in 1868, when Alexander Fain, Jordan Netherland, Albert Jones and Nathaniel Mitchell bought the land "for the purpose of building a schoolhouse for the education of colored children."

The building underwent a restoration beginning in the mid-1990s as a result of cooperative efforts between the town, the local African-American community, the local American Legion Auxiliary, the Chamber of Commerce, the Rogersville Heritage Association, and other civic organizations.

[2] Following restoration, in 2003 the Price Public Community Center opened in the building.

[5] The community center and museum offer resources for learning and teaching about African-American history and culture.