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College Hill School

Coordinates: 35°09′24″N 84°51′56″W / 35.1566°N 84.8655°W / 35.1566; -84.8655
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College Hill School was a segregated public school for African American students established in 1883 in Cleveland, Bradley County, Tennessee, United States. An historical marker commemorates the school's history.[1] It was also known as College Hill High School.[2][3]

History

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Charles Henry Turner had served as the principal in 1906.[2] In 1925, a brick school building for the school was completed. The school was closed in 1966 after desegregation.[4] The school building was destroyed in a 1966 fire but its gymnasium and another part of the school became part of the Northeast Recreation Center, named the College Hill Recreation Center. Alumni held a celebration in 2023.[5]

College Hill is a community.[clarification needed][6]

References

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  1. ^ Higgins, Randall (October 11, 2010). "Historic name returning to Cleveland landmark". Chattanooga Times Free Press, Inc.
  2. ^ a b Gates, Jr., Henry Louis (2004-04-29). African American Lives. Oxford University Press, USA. p. 825. ISBN 978-0-19-516024-6.
  3. ^ Accredited Secondary Schools in the United States. U.S. Government Printing Office. 1944. p. 170.
  4. ^ "College Hill School 1883-1966 Historical Marker". www.hmdb.org.
  5. ^ "College Hill Alumni to be honored Friday". www.clevelandschools.org.
  6. ^ Hughes, Autumn (January 26, 2020). "BRIDGING THE RACIAL DIVIDE: Lee University, College Hill relationship explored".


35°09′24″N 84°51′56″W / 35.1566°N 84.8655°W / 35.1566; -84.8655