Fort Mill's longest operating school dedicated to African Americans stood on a 4-acre parcel acquired in 1925. The brick school opened in 1926 at a cost of $12,200, with part of the funding provided by the Julius Rosenwald Fund. It was named for George Fish (1868-1933), a white mill manager who supported its construction. Before it opened, African Americans were taught at the old Fort Mill Academy building 1 mi. southwest. Its design followed the Rosenwald Fund's six teacher floor plan and included six classrooms, an auditorium stage, and a library. By the 1930s, it enrolled grades 1-8, later added a ninth grade, and by 1941 included a high school. It remained a segregated school for African Americans until 1968, when it integrated and became Fort Mill Jr. High, and it was sold in 1986 and later demolished.