McConchie One-Room School
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The McConchie One-Room School was a one-room school in Welcome, Maryland, that served Black children from grades 1 to 7.[1][2]
It was open from 1912 to 1952 at Route 6 and Point Blossom Road in Welcome, Maryland.[3] Edna Warren Simmons served as a teacher from 1922, when she was hired as a short-term substitute, until a few years prior to the closure.[4] It closed in 1952 due to a consolidation of Negro schools with those of nearby Port Tobacco, Maryland.[1]
The school and property were bought by a private citizen and were a family rental property, but the schoolhouse was abandoned by 1980.[5] After the property was planned for demolition in 1992, several Charles County Fair board members, including Mitchell Digges and George Dyson, spearheaded a move to the Charles County Fairgrounds.[2] Simmons was present at the dedication ceremony after it was moved to the fairgrounds.[4]
