McCall Services in Jacksonville donated repairs for damage from termites and termite treatment to the Old Mandarin Schoolhouse in July.
The 600-square-foot schoolhouse, built in 1889 as part of the mission of the Sisters of St. Joseph in Mandarin, harbored children of freed black slaves after the Civil War. It has been moved many times over the years and is now owned by the Mandarin Museum and Historical Society.
The historical society recently raised $100,000 to move the building 3.2 miles to its new home at Walter Jones Historical Park.
John Cooksey, chief operating office of McCall Services, Jacksonville, and a past president of the historical society, called the termite service a labor of love.
The building had both subterranean and drywood termite damage. Termites had gotten into one of the sides of the building and an 8-by-8-inch beam that supports the structure.
McCall Services repaired the building and then installed Sentricon, provided by McCall Services and Dow AgroSciences.
“My two brothers and I own this company. We all grew up in Mandarin, and we all feel very strongly about maintaining the historic significance of this building,” Cooksey said.