The Witherspoon Street School for Colored Children educated the African-American children of Princeton, New Jersey from 1858 until the Princeton Public Schools were integrated in 1948.

The school was originally located at the building still standing at 184 Witherspoon Street.

The Quarry Street building was expanded in 1939 and again in 1966, giving it its present appearance.

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places on March 9, 2005, for its significance in education.

[3] The school is built with brick and features Colonial Revival architecture.