Ragsdale High School - Echo Yearbook (Jamestown, NC)

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. -A-.. X 5 Q. Q! Q H Ill Ill LThe Armfield House - built in 1835 and added onto through the years. YDr. Shubal Coffin's Medical School - built before 1812. fx 17 ff X were two other schools that warrant our attention that flourished before the day of county schools. One school was conducted out of the Peabody fund soon after the close of the Civil War. The other was the first negro school ever taught in the community at the close of the Civil War. Instruction was in the usual school studies, but also in household matters, in religion and in good behavior. In 1907 the General Assembly enacted a law providing for the creation and maintenance of public high schools in each county. The location of such schools was to be determined by the Uenvironment most conducive to this phase of educational development. Jamestown was so designated 'ito stimulate high school instructionn and therein began the erection of the best LThis is a well behind the Armfield House which dates back to the 1790's. YThe Potter House 118195 is the Bi- centennial Headquarters in Guilford County. Jxll equipped school in the county unit. The building contained five large classrooms, an office, a library 'splendid bookcases , a music room and an auditorium that would seat a large audience. The school was built on the same sight which is now the Methodist Church 5 Xa arf' 2 v'f'sG,s . .4 ,,.--Q' ,,.,.--v ..f ,, if M,,.... ,.,,,.,.-wr- ,.,.-v- ' W,-,,,n vs- .Jw 'fm

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h, A The Richard Mendenhall Store - built in 1824, served as a supply stop for passing travelers. The spirit of education was as contagious as an epi- demic, for another girls' school which offered dormitory and boarding accommodations was founded by other auspices as the Jamestown Female College, N.C. Unfortunately at the beginning of the Civil War these buildings were destroyed by fire. It is well established history that always there has been a school in Jamestown for the enrichment and betterment of its citizenship. Through the leadership of giant scholars boys studied Greek and Latin, history, mathematics and English. Aspirants to the professions of law and medicine read their subjects within the offices of practitioners. In fact, the interest in these professions grew to such bounds that George Mendenhall opened a school of law near his own residence which came to be known as Telmont Law School. Many young men desiring to be doctors came to the Medical School that was conducted by Dr. Madison Lindsay in Jamestown. Among those who distinguished themselves and became dear to communities around about was Dr. Shubal Coffin, grandfather of Mrs. Lucy Coffin Ragsdale for whom Ragsdale school was named. gif ....1i,iY a i X i s 2 f f if , a 2 S x 3 Q ,..,L Mx e- fEvidence of the types of transportation which played an important part in the history of Jamestown can be found on the YRagsdale farm.

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