"the schoolhouse museum – An African-American History
Museum of Public Education”
“In the 1920’s Julius Rosenwald, a former Sears,
Roebuck and Co. president, contributed $4.3 million to build more
than 3,000 schools across the South for black students. The
Smithfield Schoolhouse Museum was built in 1932 as an addition to
the 1924 Christian Home School.”
The Schoolhouse Museum
was the Town of Smithfield’s project to commemorate Jamestown
2007, the 400th anniversary of the first permanent English
settlement in North America.” As a part of the project the
building was moved from Chuckatuck to its current position in
Smithfield.
While the cache is available 24/7, you might want to plan your
trip when the museum is open so that you can go inside and let
Phyllis tell you a little about the history. Make sure you mention
you are a geocacher and ask her to thank the museum board for
allowing the placement of this cache. Museum hours are:
Wednesday-Saturday, noon to 4; Sunday 1-5. The museum is closed on
Mondays and Tuesdays.
I also want to give a special thanks to the Smithfield & Isle of Wight
Convention and Visitors Bureau for their support of geocaching
in Isle of Wight County.
The cache is hidden in plain sight. The careful eye of a
seasoned cacher will notice something "just a little
different.” Please do not disturb either of the green access
boxes for the sprinkler system. The cache is not there.
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