This is the Liberty Hill Schoolhouse in Alachua County, which operated as a rural elementary school for African American children. You can still see the original red paint on the outside, which was at some point painted over with white paint. The students ate lunch outside in the schoolyard beneath a large oak tree, which is still there. The building had no lights, and drinking water had to be brought from a spring some distance from the school. The building was in use as a schoolhouse for about sixty years, from 1892 until 1952, when the Alachua County School Board closed it. Incredibly, it’s remained intact all these years, and now sits closely guarded behind a church.
