Opened Feb 1, 1872. Remained at 5 Whitehall St. until 1874. Then moved to Ivy Street; shared Girls High facilities from 1876-1892; then moved NE corner of Edgewood Ave. and Porter Alley, now Equitable Place. Finally, in 1896, the school found a permanent home at the SE corner of Courtland and Gilmer Streets.
Boys School
217 Luckie Street
Carroll Summer
Calhoun School
395 Piedmont Avenue
Ms. Lille Warm
Opened in 1881
Central Night Commercial High School
128 S. Pryor Street
Ms. Carroll Summer
Commercial High
138 S. Pryor Street (changed to 218 Pryor Street)
Mrs. Annie T. Wise
Cooper Street School
Crew Street
97 Crew Street (in 1923); between Washington Street and Capital Avenue
Ms. Ada Parrine
Opened in Feb. 14, 1872; address listed as 119 Crew St. in 1878; 407 Crew Street in 1957. Demolished in 1957 to make way for highway system.
In 1896 a new addition was added to Fraser Street school, surpassing Walker Street as the largest school. Would later become a colored school for colored children as students expressed dismiss with being surrounded by negro housing.
Fulton County High
142 Whitehall Street
G.C. Moore
Originally located at Whitehall & Garnett Street; moved to Whitehall in 1916, then to Washington St. in 1926. Finally moved to Jonesboro Rd in 1950.
Opened Feb. 21, 1872, located at the intersection of Walker, Haynes and Nelson streets. New brick building constructed in 1911, old structure demolished. School housed Boy’s High and administrative offices in 1924. School closed as elementary school in 1973 operating as an alternative school until 1980. Burned to the ground in 1983.
Whitefoord Avenue
321 S. Whitefoord Avenue
Ms. Maggie Solomon
Williams Street
116 Williams
Ms. S.G. Long
Black Schools
Name
Location
Principal
Notes
Ashby
228 N. Ashby
H.L. Green
Baylor
Baylor Ave. near Longsley
L.D. Shivery
Bell Street
80 (or 30?) Bell St.
Nellie D. Lewis
Sept 1900
Carrie Steele
301 E. Fair Street
Carrie Chatman
Crogman, W.H.
383 Ira Street
C.B. Pittman
Dammock
22 Donnally Avenue
E.T. Landrum
Gray Street
28 Gray Street
Bessie E. Smith
Haynes Street
Corner of Haynes & Mangham Streets
Occupied the building known as old Friendship Baptist Church in 1873; Opened May 1873
Houston Street (Gate City School)
Houston corner of Butler
M.L. Wise
Founded 1866 Freedom Bureau established school.
Johnson, E.P.
292 Martin Street
J.V. Drake
Mitchell Street
249 W. Mitchell Street
E.L. Wyse
Princeton Avenue
329 W. Princeton Avenue
Sophie M. Avery
Roach Street
Roach corner Greensferry Ave
O.A. Taylor
South Atlanta
113 Thayer
L.J. Campbell
Storrs School for Colored Children
110 Houston
R.O. Brown
Opened Dec. 1866; Founded by the American Missionary Association.
Summer Hill
1872
Wesley Ave
Railroad and East
B.E. Usher
Yonge Street
38 Yonge
Cora B. Finley
*According to the 1911 Sanborn Map, there was a black school located at 222 N. Butler street named “Gate City School.” This school was also known as Houston Street School.
