Friends of Cherry Grove Schoolhouse

Another great way of contributing to the rehabilitation of a rare authentic early African-American schoolhouse.

Restoration of the Cherry Grove Schoolhouse

The official announcement of the selection of the Cherry Grove Schoolhouse as one of "10 Places in Peril" for 2021, by the Georgia Trust for Historic Preservation. The Georgia Trust’s Places in Peril program seeks to identify and preserve historic sites threatened by demolition, neglect, lack of maintenance, inappropriate development or insensitive public policy. Georgia’s Most Endangered Historic Places.

Time to celebrate! The Cherry Grove Baptist Church Schoolhouse has been placed on the National Register of Historic Places. Thanks go out to Cherry Grove Church... for sponsoring and Kathryn and Ed Anderson for working so diligently to research and provide the paperwork. And the Washington-Wilkes Historical Foundation and other individuals for cooperating in this wonderful endeavor. Announced today by the Georgia Department of Natural Resources Historic Preservation Division. Good news for preserving our county's history and heritage. Image from Georgia State Archives historical photos

The speaker for this year’s Tribute to Black History at Cherry Grove Baptist Church was Barrett Hanson, President of Friends of Cherry Grove Schoolhouse, Inc. The theme was taken from Booker T. Washington’s famous Atlanta Compromise Speech in 1898, where he told the story Cast Down Your Bucket Where You Are.