The old Putnam School was added to the Alabama Register of Landmarks and Heritage on 8/5/2010 for its educational and social history and for its associations with African-American heritage. The school is significant as the only African-American school to serve the Putnam community from 1926 until it closed in 1961. The school still has much of its historic features in place on both the inside and outside including the original wooden doors, windows, chalkboards, and stage.
The Putnam schoolhouse is located beside the Gooden Hill Baptist Church on Marengo CR 4 at Putnam approximately 0.6 mile from the intersection of AL Hwy 69 and Marengo CR 4 (32.023222,-88.021750 – Google Maps).
Photographs that are provided were taken Aug 29, 2010.
Source: The Demopolis Times, August 19, 2010, by Jason Cannon.