Tallapoosa County High School - Dadeville, AL
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N 32° 49.985 W 085° 45.602
16S E 616054 N 3633463
Located on E. Lafayette St. this was the location, for about 39 years, of the first High School in Tallapoosa County. The marker includes the words of the schools' Alma Mater.
Waymark Code: WM184ZA
Location: Alabama, United States
Date Posted: 05/31/2023
Views: 1
Marker text:
A 1907 act of the Alabama Legislature called for the
construction of a new public high school in each
county. Officials selected Dadeville as the location of
Tallapoosa County High School. Residents sought
private funds and used a bond issue to raise the
money required to purchase this five-acre Lafayette
Street lot from brothers W. S. and T. S. Herren, and to build the school.
Completed in September 1910, the original school consisted of six
classrooms and an auditorium. It enrolled fifty-five students-twenty-
nine females and twenty-six males-in grades eight through twelve.
Subjects taught were science, mathematics, history, art, music, typing
and stenography, and languages including English, Latin, French, and
German. The school colors were black and gold. Out-of-town pupils
boarded with Dadeville families for a nominal fee. An expansion in
1926 added classrooms to accommodate instruction in seventh grade.
Tallapoosa County High School closed at the end of the 1948-49 school
year. Thereafter, students attended the combined Dadeville Schools.
[School Alma mater song on reverse]
When the golden sun is melting,
In the purple of the night,
There is promise of the morrow,
That it will be fair and bright,
So today we see the gleamings,
Through regrets that we must part,
Of the beauty of the future,
And the hopes that fill each heart.
We go forth with firm endeavor,
And a purpose ever true,
And our motto is perfection,
In whatever we may do,
And though land and sea divide us,
We will ever cherish dear
Our beloved Alma Mater,
And her name will we revere.
Marker Name: Tallapoosa County High School 1910~1949
Marker Type: Urban
Addtional Information::
Erected by the Alabama Historical Association.
Date Dedicated / Placed: 2019
Marker Number: Not listed
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