Richardson Avenue School

Located at Richardson Ave. and 2nd Street in Swedesboro, New Jersey

Opening in 1931, Richardson Avenue School was the state's last "separate-but-equal" school that served the African American population in the Borough of Swedesboro until 1942. It is the only segregated school structure still standing in New Jersey.

Constructed for the Mt. Lebanon Lodge of Free and Accepted Masons, the structure over the years has housed many cultural and social activities for the African American community.

Because of the inferiority of the building, Thurgood Marshall met with the Swedesboro Board of Education, but his arguments were met with deaf ears.

In 1998 the Richardson Avenue School was listed on the State and National registers of Historic sites.