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06038.DL – Taken in the 1920’s, this photo shows Reverend William Craven with his wife, Cerelle Page Craven. Rev. Craven was pastor at Wainwright Baptist Church in Charles Town. Mrs. Cerelle Page Craven was a teacher at First Eagle Avenue School. The land on which the school sat had been purchased for $500 in 1894. The building would additions and eventually it became too small and a new building was constructed. It was called the Charles District Colored School. The school was used until 1938.