The Prestwick Post Office was established on February 24, 1904, with Alice Speadham as postmaster, temporarily discontinued on October 31, 1923, reestablished in March 1927, and then served for thirty-four years by postmaster Walter B. Taylor until June 6, 1961; he was said to be Washington County's longest-serving African American postmaster. The post office was permanently discontinued on September 1, 1972, and its original location was approximately 800 yards southeast of this site, alongside People's Park, at the intersection of J. Richardson Road and Prestwick Road. In 1922, Prof. Herbert Lawrence and wife, Huberta, along with Prof. Walter B. Taylor Jr., Sweet Pugh, Amy Coleman, and Prof. D.W. Tillman founded a one-room schoolhouse approximately 350 yards southeast of this site. The state purchased the land from Mr. and Mrs. D.D. Powell Jr. In 1944, the Walker brothers of St. Stephens constructed additions that created Prestwick High School, which served African American students from surrounding communities for nearly fifty years. Walter B. Taylor Jr. was principal for forty-two years, and Prestwick High School closed in 1969, with students transferred to newly integrated Leroy High School.