Mount Gregory United Methodist Church

USA / Maryland / Sykesville / Maryland Route 97 (Roxbury Mills Road), 2325
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2325 Roxbury Mills Road
Cooksville, Maryland 21723

Telephone 410-489-5741

www.mtgregory.org/

There is a historical marker on the property that identifies this site/building as one of the original african american high schools in Howard County, Maryland, known as Cooksville High School between 1935-1949.

Site of the first public high school for African Americans in Howard County. Original site of Warfield Academy, became Mount Gregory School in 1867 for African Americans and was the genesis of Mount Gregory Church. Was a public elementary school by 1925. Through the efforts of the community, secondary grades were phased in beginning 1935, with the first students graduating in 1939.

www.hmdb.org/marker.asp?marker=938
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Coordinates:   39°18'27"N   77°1'13"W

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  • The box is shown on the wrong side of the road. This box is over a couple of houses. Mt. Gregory church is on the eastern side of the road, directly across from where this box is.
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