Oakland High School-HCC-Clay Co
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N 31° 35.433 W 084° 50.806
16R E 704304 N 3497064
U.S. Highway 27, ½ mile South of Sutton?s Crossroads in Clay County, Georgia
Waymark Code: WMBVW2
Location: Georgia, United States
Date Posted: 06/25/2011
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U.S.Founded in the 1880´s Oakland High School´s name was derived from oak trees which grewin abundance at this location when the school building was constructed. The school originally had 10 grades. Mrs. Arlene Newton Richardson taught here from 1908 to 1912 and established the first home economics course taught in southwest Georgia. Students participated in the course from as far away as Columbus and Macon, Georgia. Six students comprised the last graduating class in 1929. The next year Oakland became a junior high school. It closed its doors in 1937 when classes were consolidated with Fort Gaines High School. The old school building was demolished in 1957.
Type of Marker: Highway
Marker #: HCC
Date: 2004
Sponsor: Historic Chattahoochee Commissionand Students, Family and Friends of Oakland High School
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