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After fire destroyed the boys' dormitory in 1932, Liberty County's Black community rallied with the American Missionary Association to rebuild it as Elizabeth B. Moore Hall by 1934, keeping the school alive until public education arrived in 1940.
New Life For Dorchester Academy 1932-1940 is a historical marker in Midway, Liberty County, erected in 2004. It is one of 51 historical markers documented in Liberty County, among 81 historic sites cataloged across the county on Georgia Roam.
The site sits at 31.8005, -81.4649 near Midway. The nearest cataloged historic site is Liberty County Citizen's Council 1946 - 1953 (historical marker), about under a tenth of a mile away. Others within a short drive include Dorchester Academy Boys' Dormitory, Civil Liberties at Dorchester Cooperative Center 1940 - present, and Dorchester Academy.
This record is drawn from Georgia historical-marker records. Use the map below for its exact position and turn-by-turn directions.
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