Favorite Thing: Four sites of importance to the black community are located in the group of homes and school buildings near the intersection of Berkley and Henry Streets. The folks at the visitors centre suggest driving to it, but Christian and I walked it. We noticed how the Black Heritage sites were not nearly as well-maintained as those in other parts of town.
1. When
John M. Gandy School was built in 1950, this was the black high school in Hanover County. It was named for Dr. Gandy who was president of Virginia State University from 1914 to 1942. Where the parking lots now stand, a small group of wooden and cinderblock buildings where the county’s black children got their education beyond the 7th grade.
2. The Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks has been in this building since 1937. This has been one of the principal social organisations for working class black men.
3. Eunice Daniel Bundy was a leading black educator during the days of segregation in Hanover County. She used to live in this house right across the street from Gandy school. She began teaching in 1930. In 1936, she was appointed principal of the Hanover County training school. When John M. Gandy High school opened up, she continued as principal. In 1966, the elementary and high schools separated and she was principal at the elementary school until she died in 1969.
4. This house on Berkley Street is where Virginia Shelton lived since 1938. It is an example of a
Sears House. Sears actually sold houses with blueprints, instructions, and building materials during much of the first half of the 20th Century. This house was built in 1918 and keeps most of its original decor.
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