Maryville High School - Maryville, Tennessee
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YoSam.
N 35° 44.909 W 083° 58.690
17S E 230696 N 3960142
Once a school to train black teachers...
Waymark Code: WM116JD
Location: Tennessee, United States
Date Posted: 08/25/2019
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County of school: Blunt County
Location of school: W. Broadway St. (US-411) & E. Cedar St., Maryville
Stadium name: Shields Stadium
School Mascot: The Rebels
Colors Red, Black
"Maryville High School is a highly rated, public school located in Maryville, TN. It has 1,246 students in grades 10-12 with a student-teacher ratio of 16 to 1. According to state test scores, 15% of students are at least proficient in math and 61% in reading." ~ NICHE
"A three-story brick building was erected 1872-74 on this site to train blacks as teachers. Institute was begun in 1867, in a log house 1/2 mile north, and later moved into a new building, financed mainly by friends. By 1879, it had trained 80 teachers. After closing in 1901, it served as a place of quarantine for smallpox victims. as Maryville Polytechnic (1904-26) and as Maryville High School (1927 – 38)." ~ Tennessee Historical Commission
"In 1938, the old Maryville High Building, that had been first Freedman's Institute, then Maryville Polytechnic and last Maryville High, was razed and a new building built on the opposite side of the campus. A new gymnasium was built in the 50s and a science wing was added in 1965=4." ~ Maryville City Schools History