Cameron School
{{Infobox NRHP
| name = Cameron School
| nrhp_type =
| image = CameronSchoolNashville.jpg
| caption = The Cameron School in 2010
| coordinates = {{Coord|36.1487|-86.7642|format=dms|type:landmark_region:US-TN|display=inline,title}}
| location= 1034 First Avenue South, Nashville, Tennessee, U.S.
| locmapin = Tennessee#USA
| built = 1939-1940
| architect = Henry C. Hibbs
| architecture = Gothic Revival
| added = March 15, 2005{{cite web|url=http://focus.nps.gov/AssetDetail/NRIS/05000180 | title = Cameron School |publisher=National Park Service| access-date= November 21, 2015}}
| area =
| governing_body =
| refnum = 05000180{{NRISref|2010a}}
}}
The Cameron School is a historic school building in Nashville, Tennessee, United States. It was a school for African American students and was closed after desegregation in 1971.https://nashvillehistoricalnewsletter.com/2021/10/24/with-all-deliberate-speed-the-desegregation-of-cameron-high-school/ Construction began in 1939, and it was completed in 1940.{{cite web|url=http://focus.nps.gov/GetAsset?assetID=0c1316b8-34c2-4700-b5f0-ddbb5f2c75cd | title = National Register of Historic Places Registration Form: Cameron School |publisher=National Park Service| access-date= November 21, 2015}} It was built as a project of the Public Works Administration. It was designed by architect Henry C. Hibbs in the Gothic Revival architectural style. It was named in honor of Henry Alvin Cameron, a science teacher and World War I casualty. It has been listed on the National Register of Historic Places since March 15, 2005.
See also
- Pearl High School, predecessor of Pearl-Cohn Comprehensive High School and Martin Luther King Magnet at Pearl High School in Nashville
References
{{Reflist}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Cameron School}}
Category:School buildings completed in 1940
Category:Buildings and structures in Nashville, Tennessee
Category:Gothic Revival architecture in Tennessee
Category:Historically black schools
{{Tennessee-struct-stub}}