This building could be a church, but this is similar schoolhouse design frequently seen throughout North Carolina.
Schoolhouse-Beaufort County, North Carolina
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Gerrard Chapel Primitive Baptist Church-Blounts Creek, North Carolina
Originally known as Baptist Church of Christ on Blounts Creek, this congregation started on May 28, 1808. The church has not been in use since the 1980s.
Ware Creek Missionary Baptist Church-Blounts Creek, North Carolina
My assumption is that this church started out as your traditional center gable and tower seen in many rural areas. Later the church wrapped it in brick and added mid-century modern stained glass windows.
United States Colored Troops
There are many articles who do a much better job explaining the importance of the United States Colored Infantry and who made up the troops. The troops were made up freed men from the North and South. For Southern ones, many volunteered to fight after a Southern city was under control of Union troops. They played an important role in defeating the Confederacy.
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Drayton Cemetery, Hilton Head Island
Talbird Cemetery, Hilton Head Island
