Knox Institute
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Knox Institute and Industrial School was a private elementary and secondary school for African American students in Athens, Georgia, United States. It was open from 1868 until 1928.{{cite web|url=http://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/file/8065|title=Knox Institute - New Georgia Encyclopedia|website=www.georgiaencyclopedia.org}} Alumni include Monroe Morton, a builder and real estate businessman whose legacy includes the Morton Building in Athens, and Charles W. Chappelle. The school was named for Major John J. Knox of the Freedmen's Bureau. The federal agency helped fund the school. Athens' first African American Postmaster, Madison Davis, was one of those who helped purchase property for the school.
History
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The Knox Institute and Industrial School was a private school at the corner of Reese Street and Pope Streets in Athens. Originally known as Knox School, it developed as a trade school offering training in carpentry, painting and other skills.{{cite web|url=http://accheritage.blogspot.com/2011/06/1-june-1911-knox-institute-graduation.html|title=This Day in Athens: 1 June 1911: Knox Institute Graduation Exercises Attract Diverse Crowd|first=Athens-clarke Heritage|last=Room|date=1 June 2011|publisher=}} It also prepared students to attend Historically Black Colleges. The campus included a building donated by Andrew Carnegie. There was also a boys and girls dormitory for students who did not live nearby.
Athens High and Industrial School
Athens High and Industrial School, originally Reese Street School, took over the Knox campus in 1933.{{cite web|url=http://www.lat34north.com/HistoricMarkers/MarkerDetail.cfm?KeyID=029-HS6|title=Title Marker - Historic Markers Across Georgia|website=www.lat34north.com|access-date=February 2, 2018|archive-date=February 3, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180203005700/http://www.lat34north.com/HistoricMarkers/MarkerDetail.cfm?KeyID=029-HS6|url-status=dead}}{{cite news |last1=Aued |first1=Blake |title=Old school left its mark on many |url=http://onlineathens.com/stories/081510/new_695313100.shtml#.WnQBOnVOk0M |work=Athens Banner-Herald |date=August 15, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180202190327/http://onlineathens.com/stories/081510/new_695313100.shtml#.WnS2BUTP32cnew_695313100.shtml#.WnQBOnVOk0M |archive-date=February 2, 2018}} It was the first four-year public high school for African Americans in Georgia.{{cite web|url=http://georgiahistory.com/ghmi_marker_updated/athens-high-and-industrial-school/|title=Athens High and Industrial School|date=June 16, 2014 |publisher=}} A historic marker was added to the site in 2010.
Alumni
See also
- Baxter Street School, the first public school for African American students in Athens, Georgia
References
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Category:1868 establishments in Georgia (U.S. state)
Category:1928 disestablishments in Georgia (U.S. state)
Category:Private elementary schools in Georgia (U.S. state)
Category:Private middle schools in Georgia (U.S. state)
Category:Historically black schools
Category:Schools in Clarke County, Georgia