Merry High School
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N 35° 37.683 W 088° 48.716
16S E 335922 N 3944206
Merry High School, Jackson, TN
Waymark Code: WM1Q89
Location: Tennessee, United States
Date Posted: 06/22/2007
Views: 43
With the addition of the twelfth grade in 1922 the South Jackson School on Church Street, the city's only secondary school for black youth, was renamed Merry High School in honor of Austin Raymond Merry (1856-1921), the principal who had pioneered the school's change from the elementary to the secondary level. The school was moved to Tanyard Street in 1935 and then in 1957 to new facilities located on Lane Avenue at Royal Street. Merry High School merged with formerly all white Jackson High School in 1970 by court order to form Jackson Central Merry High School.
Marker Name: Merry High School
Marker Location: City
Type of Marker: Building
Marker Number: 4D 43
Group(s) Responsible for placing Marker:
Tennessee Historical Commission
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