Booker T. Washington High School Auditorium | |
Location in
South Carolina | |
Location | 1400 Wheat St., Columbia, SC |
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Coordinates | 33°59′35″N 81°01′31″W / 33.99306°N 81.02528°W |
Architectural style | International Style |
NRHP reference No. | 100003059 |
Added to NRHP | October 25, 2018 |
Booker T. Washington High School served African American students in Columbia, South Carolina. [1] [2] [3] [4] The Booker T. Washington High School Foundation was established to preserve and celebrate the school's heritage and legacy. [5]
Educational historian Anthony L. Edwards has written about the school and its history and conducted interviews as part of his research. [6]
The school's auditorium is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. [7]
The University of South Carolina's Museum of Education hosts a web exhibition on the high school and its participation in a 1940 Association of Colleges and Secondary Schools for Negroes’ Secondary School Study. [8]