Prince Whipple School

Teacher, Mrs. Charlene Patton, is pictured in front of the school in the 1930s along with 13 students.

This is the only extant African-American school in Cass County.  It was built in 1918 and provided educational opportunities until desegregation in 1954.  Today it is a private residence, but the red brick building still exists.

The school was named for the black man at the front of the boat of the famous picture of George Washington crossing the Delaware.  Prince was a slave of William Whipple at the time.  After the Revolutionary War, he was freed and took the last name of his former master, thus becoming Prince Whipple.