George Washington Carver School Cultural Center Apartment Project

We all love to see history respected and preserved. A new opportunity is getting underway in Fulton with the George Washington Carver Cultural Center apartment project. Residents and preservation professionals plan to change the school building into modern, affordable, senior citizen apartments.

Carver School

• built-in 1937

• closed in 1982

• listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1996

For years, the Carver School building at 9th Street and Westminster Avenue has been waiting for a new life. An apartment project — in coordination with MACO Development Co., LLC — would allow the George Washington Carver Cultural Center board to renovate the school into 33 senior citizen apartments. The plan is to restore the Carver School to what it looked like in 1937. That means the same wood, windows, and other materials will have to be utilized to keep it as authentic as possible.

There will be nine apartment units in the restored school, with four being two-bedroom and the rest one-bedroom. Behind the school, new construction will take place to create the remaining 24 apartment units, which will all be two-bedroom.

The new building will be on two levels and will include an elevator. The apartments will be standard size, equipped with a full kitchen and bathroom. The expected rent will be between $600 and $650 monthly and between $320 and $370 monthly for residents with special needs.

Amenities will feature a fitness room, computer room, a general dining area, a community kitchen, and a museum space where memorabilia from the school will be on display.

For information, contact Daniel R. Sanders, executive VP MACO Development Group, dsanders@socket.net or 573-642-4335.

George Washington Carver Cultural Center Board

Carmen Brandt, president

Carolyn Gaines, treasurer

Gracia Backer

Rev. Charles Jackson

Bryant Liddle

David McDaniel

Bill Nigus

DeAnne Nigus

Victor Pasley

Dawn Paine