Colonial Williamsburg moves a 260-year-old building, originally called the Bray School, on a truck to a new location a mile away, where it will be put on public display, in Williamsburg, Va., on Friday, Feb. 10, 2023. The Bray School is believed to be the oldest building in the US dedicated …
WILLIAMSBURG — By Friday morning, the old schoolhouse had been laid on steel I-beams and jacked 7 feet in the air. The only thing left to do was turn on the Mack truck's engine and start the journey.
Colonial Williamsburg moves a 260-year-old building, originally called the Bray School, on a truck to a new location a half-mile away, where it will be put on public display, in Williamsburg, Va., on Friday, Feb. 10, 2023. The Bray School is believed to be the oldest building in the US dedicated to the education of Black children.
Colonial Williamsburg moves a 260-year-old building, originally called the Bray School, on a truck to a new location a half-mile away, where it will be put on public display, in Williamsburg, Va., on Friday, Feb. 10, 2023. The Bray School is believed to be the oldest building in the US dedicated to the education of Black children.
Matthew Whaley Elementary School students bring out posters with names of black children, who attended at the Bray School, as Colonial Williamsburg moves a 260-year-old building, originally called the Bray School, on a truck to a new location a half-mile away, where it will be put on public display, in Williamsburg, Va., on Friday, Feb. 10, 2023. The Bray School is believed to be the oldest building in the US dedicated to the education of Black children.
Colonial Williamsburg moves a 260-year-old building, originally called the Bray School, on a truck to a new location a half-mile away, where it will be put on public display, in Williamsburg, Va., on Friday, Feb. 10, 2023. The Bray School is believed to be the oldest building in the US dedicated to the education of Black children.
Terry Meyers, retired English professor of College of William and Mary, discovered that the building once housed the Bray School, a school for Black children in the 1760s.
Colonial Williamsburg moves a 260-year-old building, originally called the Bray School, on a truck to a new location a half-mile away, where it will be put on public display, in Williamsburg, Va., on Friday, Feb. 10, 2023. The Bray School is believed to be the oldest building in the US dedicated to the education of Black children.
Colonial Williamsburg moves a 260-year-old building, originally called the Bray School, on a truck to a new location a half-mile away, where it will be put on public display, in Williamsburg, Va., on Friday, Feb. 10, 2023. The Bray School is believed to be the oldest building in the US dedicated to the education of Black children.
Matthew Whaley Elementary School students bring out posters with names of black children, who attended at the Bray School, as Colonial Williamsburg moves a 260-year-old building, originally called the Bray School, on a truck to a new location a half-mile away, where it will be put on public display, in Williamsburg, Va., on Friday, Feb. 10, 2023. The Bray School is believed to be the oldest building in the US dedicated to the education of Black children.
Colonial Williamsburg moves a 260-year-old building, originally called the Bray School, on a truck to a new location a half-mile away, where it will be put on public display, in Williamsburg, Va., on Friday, Feb. 10, 2023. The Bray School is believed to be the oldest building in the US dedicated to the education of Black children.
