First Black Public School
N 32° 28.170 W 084° 59.516
16S E 688716 N 3594253
This Marker Stands on the west side of the 1200 block of 1st. Ave in Columbus, Georgia
Waymark Code: WM4FDG
Location: Georgia, United States
Date Posted: 08/17/2008
Views: 34
The text on the marker is as follows:
First Black Public School
Near here, in July 1872, the first local public school for black students opened. The school was the result of an action by the City Council directing the Trustees of the Columbus Public Schools to set up classes for blacks. For the first of these, the trustees rented Temperance Hall, built in 1849. Until the 1871 opening of the Springer Opera House, this had been the city’s foremost theater. On its stage had appeared many of the opera, music and theater greats of the era. Among them was John Wilkes Booth. The school operated here until 1874 when it was moved to the former AME church on Sixth Avenue.
Erected by the Historic Chattahoochee Commission and the Muscogee County School District - 1990
The building mentioned on this marker no longer exists and the area is now involved in various urban renewal projects involving the restoration of the facades and changes in primary use of the buldings located along this block of 1st. Avenue.
Type of Marker: Highway
Marker #: None
Date: 1990
Sponsor: Historic Chattahoochee Commission and the Muscogee County School District
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