Old Dillard High School
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| name = Old Dillard High School
| image = Ft Laud FL Old Dillard High School01.jpg
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| location = Fort Lauderdale, Florida
| coordinates = {{coord|26.12620|-80.15506|region:US-FL_type:edu|format=dms|display=inline,title}}
| locmapin = Florida#USA
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| added = 20 February 1991
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| builder= Cayot & Hart
| architect = John Morris Peterson
| architecture = Mediterranean Revival
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The Old Dillard High School, also known as the Colored School or Walker Elementary, is a historic school in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. It is located at 1001 Northwest 4th Street. The first school building in Broward County for black students (earlier schools had no building), it was built in 1924 by Cayot & Hart and the architect was John Morris Peterman. On February 20, 1991, it was added to the U.S. National Register of Historic Places. It is the oldest surviving black school in Fort Lauderdale, and is named for black education advocate James H. Dillard.{{cite web
|title=Florida Black Heritage Trail
|author=Florida Department of State, Division of Historical Resources
|date=2004–2007
|url=https://archive.org/stream/flblackheri00flor#page/48/mode/1up}}{{rp|48}} (A small earlier black school, without a dedicated building, opened in 1907.{{cite web
|title=Old Dillard Museum
|author=Broward County Public Schools
|access-date=May 1, 2019
|url=https://www.browardschools.com/Page/35769
|archive-date=May 14, 2019
|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190514202935/https://www.browardschools.com/Page/35769
|url-status=live
}}) Its first principal, from 1924 until 1937, was Joseph A. Ely. Clarence C. Walker, Sr. served as principal from 1937 until his death in 1942.{{cite web
|title=Old Dillard Museum
|author=Broward County, Florida
|author-link=Broward County, Florida
|access-date=May 2, 2019
|url=https://www.broward.org/History/NationalRegister/Pages/OldDillardMuseum.aspx
|archive-date=May 14, 2019
|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190514020702/http://www.broward.org/History/NationalRegister/Pages/OldDillardMuseum.aspx
|url-status=live
}}
The high school grades were moved to a new facility in 1950, and the old building became Dillard Elementary. A new building was constructed for Dillard Elementary, and in 1954 a citizens' committee requested that the old school be named Walker Elementary. In the late 1980s the building was boarded up and slated for demolition, but was saved through community activism.
Old Dillard Museum
The Old Dillard Museum is located in the high school, which was built in 1923 as the city's first school for blacks. The museum's exhibits focus on local African American history and culture.
Posters announcing the Museum's activities are found on its Twitter [https://mobile.twitter.com/OldDillardMuseu feed].
Notable former employees
- Cannonball Adderley, jazz musician
See also
- Old Lincoln High School (Tallahassee)
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- {{official website|https://www.browardschools.com/Page/35769}}
- [http://www.nationalregisterofhistoricplaces.com/FL/Broward/state.html Broward County listings] at [http://www.nationalregisterofhistoricplaces.com National Register of Historic Places]
- [https://dos.fl.gov/historical/ Florida Division of Historical Resources]
- {{webarchive|url= https://web.archive.org/web/20070216141716/http://www.flheritage.com/facts/reports/places/index.cfm?fuseaction=ListAreas&county=Broward |title= Broward County listings |date= 16 February 2007}}
- {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070930195240/http://www.flheritage.com/services/sites/fht/record_t.cfm?ID=50&type=c&index=6 |title= Old Dillard High School |date= 30 September 2007}}
- {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060822031805/http://www.flheritage.com/services/sites/floridians/?section=f#FortLauderdale |title= Great Floridians of Fort Lauderdale |date= 22 August 2006}}
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Category:Museums in Fort Lauderdale, Florida
Category:National Register of Historic Places in Broward County, Florida
Category:High schools in Fort Lauderdale, Florida
Category:African-American museums in Florida
Category:Public high schools in Florida
Category:1923 establishments in Florida
Category:Historically segregated African-American schools in Florida
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