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Farming For A Better Future, page 89
89 - DEKALB, JACKSON & MARSHALL
Excerpts from the Federal Census (National Archives and Records Administration via Ancestry.com) (Top) Excerpt of 1920 Census Record Showing Alex Hill Owning a Farm (Middle) Excerpt of 1920 Census Record Showing William Hill Owning a Farm (Above) Excerpt of 1920 Census Record Showing Thomas J. Sharpe Owning a Farm (Right) A Drawing of the Original Bridge of Bridgeport, Circa 1860 (Terry Platt, Digital Alabama)
Railroad in 1917, and a Rosenwald school - one of the three in Jackson County.
Bridgeport School*
According to the Fisk-Rosenwald database, the Bridgeport School was a two-teacher, two-room schoolhouse built in 1929. It cost a total of $3,080 to construct with $830 coming from the African American community, $500 from the white community, $1,250 of public funds, and $500 from the Rosenwald Fund. It was also insured for $2,235. The building was still intact when the National Register district was nominated in 2002, but has since been rebuilt or extensively refurbished by the Apostle Church of Jesus Christ located on Fifth Street, south of Erich Avenue. - (4617)