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Willow Hill Center aiming beyond festival
GSU students involved in projects at historic school
Bennett Grove -long view
The Bennett Grove School, currently on private land, dates from about 1918 and is said to be the only surviving one-room schoolhouse for African-Americans in Bulloch County. The property owner has reportedly agreed to donate it to the Willow Hill Center, whose leaders acknowledge that moving the fragile structure to their campus will be a challenge. - photo by Special
Willow Hill Heritage & Renaissance Center volunteers are planning beyond this year's Labor Day weekend festival. Students from several departments at Georgia Southern University are getting involved in historic preservation, a community survey and plans to revive the old Willow Hill School as an active education site with a summer program in 2014. Next year will be the 140th anniversary of the Willow Hill School's founding by former slaves.
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