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UPDATED: March 7, 2025 at 3:30 PM EST The restored 19th century freight depot that is used by community groups for meetings in Sinking Spring’s Heritage Park was heavily damaged by a fire Thursday.

Thus, in the context of 19th-century Norristown, Shadd stands out as a groundbreaking Black educator and very likely the first Black person to teach in any Norristown school.