Memorial site for segregated school proposed by Sterling High alumni

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Alumni and supporters of the former Sterling High School in Greenville, SC, are raising $2.3 million to create a memorial grove and affordable housing development.

The Sterling Land Trust aims to build a 12-unit housing complex and a memorial grove with walking paths, benches, and monuments commemorating the history of the segregated school.

The former school was destroyed by a fire in 1967, and the land trust hopes the project will prevent the site from being used for any purpose other than commemorating the school.

Supporters of the long-defunct Sterling High School are organizing to create a memorial grove and affordable housing unit in its name, aiming to preserve memories and history from the former predominantly Black school.

The total cost: $2.3 million.

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