vrc_pec_75 75 pec vrc yes Mercy Seat Elementary School, Prince Edward County, Va., 1962-1963 Peeples, Edward H. (Edward Harden), 1935- Mercy Seat Elementary School (Prince Edward County, Va.) Schools--Virginia--Prince Edward County--History--Pictorial works African American schools--Virginia--Prince Edward County--History--Pictorial works Elementary schools--Virginia--Prince Edward County--History--Pictorial works African American elementary schools--Virginia--Prince Edward County--History--Pictorial works Public schools--Virginia--Prince Edward County--History--Pictorial works School buildings--Virginia--Prince Edward County--History--Pictorial works Discrimination in education--Virginia--Prince Edward County Segregation in education--Virginia--Prince Edward County Mercy Seat Elementary School elementary schools African Americans Mercy Seat Elementary School for African Americans on secondary road 665 in Prince Edward County, Va. It was used by an African American congregation by permission of the school board as a meeting place for their burned out Mercy Seat Baptist Church. The school was built in 1927, served grades 1-5, and had a pupil capacity of 120. Two room schoolhouse, whitewash peeling, wood frame and clapboard construction. There was no indoor plumbing and no steam or hot water heat. 37.230352,-78.461403 Local identifier: pec027a.tif Richmond, Va. : VCU Libraries VCU Libraries. JBC Special Collections Edward H. Peeples Prince Edward County (Va.) Public Schools Project (VCU Libraries) 2010 Black-and-white negatives http://dig.library.vcu.edu/u?/pec,75 Black and white negative 6 x 9 cm. image/tiff Scanned with Epson Expression 10000 XL, using Photoshop CS4, at 8-bit grayscale, 1200 ppi. Edward H. Peeples Prince Edward County (Va.) Public Schools 1962/1963 Prince Edward County (Va.) http://www.library.vcu.edu/copyright.html 20111004 092225