Beulah (Meacham) Buckner (1930-2005) saw the dilapidated building while
searching for tombstones and other records for slaves and free African
Americans.She found out that it was the
old "Ellicott City Colored School", the first publicly funded school for African
Americans in Howard County, Maryland.Tirelessly working to restore and fill the old building, Buckner saw
that it became a museum.
