First Arab High School - Arab, AL
N 34° 19.255 W 086° 29.793
16S E 546317 N 3797854
Arab's first high school was built so that students desiring a higher education did not have to be away from home for months at a time.
Waymark Code: WMEAY9
Location: Alabama, United States
Date Posted: 04/29/2012
Views: 6
Construction of the first Arab High School was funded by area residents, including students. The residents donated timber for lumber and even baked bricks. The marker is located on 4th Avenue NW one block west of North Main Street. It was placed by the Alabama Tourism Department and the City of Arab.
Marker Name: First Arab High School
Marker Type: Urban
Addtional Information::
In the early 1900s, students from Arab enrolled in Albertville High School because Arab didn’t have a high school. One group, called the “Brindlee Mountain Boys,” would travel to Guntersville by buggy and then by train to Albertville to attend school. Since the journey to and from school was so difficult, they were often away from home for months. Because so many more students yearned for an education, residents decided to build a high school in Arab.
Many of them mortgaged their farms to raise money. The townspeople made a cooperative and sacrificial effort, laboring long hours cutting logs and hauling them to saw mills and planers to complete the inside. The exterior of the building was constructed with bricks made on site at a kiln that was operated by parents 24 hours a day. Students staged plays and talent shows to help pay any remaining debt. The land was originally owned by town founder Stephen Tuttle Thompson and donated by his descendants.
Date Dedicated / Placed: 2010
Marker Number: None
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