The Historic Jarvisburg Colored School was officially recognized in 1867, when it was entered into court records as a school for Jarvisburg’s African American Students, making it the oldest African American school in North Carolina. This school and several others were established after the Civil War ended. 
In the late 1800’s the school was moved from the backwoods site to its current location facing NC State Highway 158 in Jarvisburg.
During the 1930’s and 1940’s the school taught children from first through eighth grades. Most of the students worked on their family’s farms or had jobs. One student in particular left school every day at three o’clock to pick cotton on a nearby farm in order to pay her school expenses.
In 1950, Union Colored School, know today as Central Elementary School in Maple, was opened. Students previously attending Jarvisburg and nearby African American elementary schools were sent to the new school. The Jarvisburg Colored School became a Sunday School building for Corinth Baptist Church.
By the 1990s, the former school had deteriorated so much that the church vacated the building. A group of former Jarvisburg Colored School students formed a foundation in an effort to save the building in 2002.
Corinth Baptist Church deeded the Historic Jarvisburg Colored School Foundation the one-acre lot containing the school. Currently the school is being nominated to the National Register for education, social history, black ethnic heritage and architecture. The building is also an extremely rare example of a pre-Rosenwald African American school constructed in North Carolina.
The outside of the building has been recently restored with the ultimate goal of a full interior restoration with hopes of one day turning the building into a museum that will depict the history of education of all African American students in Currituck County from the late 1830s until 1950. 
The school will represent more than just education of African American children; it will historically represent family life in Currituck at that time. Educating African American students during this time revolved around the agricultural growth of Currituck County as well.
The Historic Jarvisburg Colored School Board anticipates tourists, including public school and college students, from surrounding counties and throughout North Carolina to visit the site to learn of its historical significance. Visitors will view artifacts and learn the history and the progress of an inclusive community and county.