Marble Quarry, Mercer District

MARBLE QUARRY Colored School, Mercer District

Data as of 5/18/2016

Notice the big school bell on top! Very unusual.

1) Instructors:

1924/25 – 1935/36: Mrs. Gertrude Stewart. Sources: Term Reports, LCPS Archives. Also Loudoun Times Mirror Staff. (1930, June 12). School Board Holds Its Regular Session. Loudoun Times Mirror, p. 1.
1936/37 – 1937/38: Charles H. Willis, Source: Term Reports, LCPS Archives.
1938/39 – 1942/43: Hazel Brown (Madden by 1942). Source: Term Reports, LCPS Archives. Loudoun Times Mirror, Times Staff, School Board (from page 1), pg 2 showed colored teachers. April 16, 1942.
Mattie Berryman (bottom right, undated)

1943/44: Mrs. Mattie (McQuay) Berryman. Born Sept 7, 1895, died May, 1976 and buried at Solon Cemetery in Loudoun. He home was in Middleburg. Educated at Hampton Institute; but did not acquire a degree. Prior to working at Marble Quarry, Mrs Berryman instructed at Lincoln. She resigned from the system during the 1943/44 academic year. Sources: Term reports and Teacher Reports, LCPS Archives.
1944/45 – 1945/46: Hazel Madden
1945/46 – 1946-47: Charles Willis

2) Insurance:

1923/26 Insured by LCPS system for 1923/26 as a “Colored” school in Mercer District. Source: LCPS Staff. (1924-1936). Insurance Record. Purcellville: LCPS. (Found in LCPS Records Office, Round Hill. Black Book with Red Spine and Corners) Page 24/25.

3) Construction and Sale of School:

Construction was in 1874 as a one room frame building for $350. Source: Report of Survey Committee on Long Range Planning for Loudoun County, Jan, 1940. Location: LCPS: Archives folder 2.2 County School Board, 1918-1952.
In 1973, the congregation of Mount Zion Baptist Church of Marble Quarry purchased the former school building and converted it into their church. Source: History Matters Staff. (2004). Loudoun County African-American Historical Architectural Resources Survey. Leesburg: Balch Library and Loudoun County Board of Supervisors, page 38.

4) Photographs:

Photo By Thos E. Sims, Jr. Source: Insurance Analysis and Permanent Record – Property of Loudoun County School Board: Garrett Insurance Company (Fireman’s Fund Insurance Company), Leesburg, Virginia. October, 1940. (Blue Insurance Binder, LCPS Records Office, Round Hill, Loudoun, Co., Va.)