Global InformationTibbee School information
Tibbee School | |
U.S. National Register of Historic Places | |
| Location | Tibbee-Columbus Rd., at Tibbee, Tibbee, Mississippi in Clay County, Mississippi |
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| Coordinates | 33°31′33″N 88°37′43″W / 33.52583°N 88.62861°W |
| NRHP reference No. | 91001642 |
Tibbee School is a historic property in Tibbee, Mississippi in Clay County, Mississippi. It includes a one-room schoolhouse. The school closed in 1933 and the school building had been used for turkeys before being restored.[1] It is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
The school was built in 1861 in what was then Lowndes County, Mississippi. The school is on Tibbee Road.[2] The community of Tibbee had a post office and stores supplying travelers between West Point, Mississippi and Columbus, Mississippi.[2]
- ^ Swoope, Jan (August 6, 2016). "Back to school: One family preserves a piece of America's one-room school history". The Dispatch.
- ^ a b Elkins, Ashley (November 3, 1996). "HED: Woman preserves 135-year-old, one-room school". Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal.