After 40 years of dedication and community support, the historic Banneker School in Parkville, Missouri, has been restored.

140 years ago, the students and staff at Park College, now Park University, helped build the African American schoolhouse brick by brick. Dozens of Black students learned how to read and write inside the schoolhouse walls on West 8th Street.

In 2025, the Platte County community helped transform the schoolhouse from a building on the brink of demolition into a preserved piece of educational history.

Saturday's celebration marked the culmination of a massive fundraising and restoration effort that brought together Park University, the Park Hill School District, Platte County residents, historical societies and descendants of the school's original students.

Dozens of

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