Booker T. Washington School 1924-1968

Booker T. Washington School 1924-1968 is a Tennessee historical marker in Hamilton County.

Hamilton Co, Chattanooga, 4626 School Oakwood Dr.

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In 1924, three schools were consolidated to form Booker T. Washington School, with J. T. Swann as principal. In 1934, the school burned, reopening in 1935 as the only black high school in the county. Named for Washington, founder of Tuskegee Institute, the dedicatory address was given by his son, E. D. Washington, in Nov. 1935. T. D. Upshaw served as principal of the school from 1935 to 1968, when it closed due to desegregation.

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Historical maps covering this location

1893 · Chattanooga, Tennessee (USGS Historical Topographic Map Collection)
1896 · Map of the Battlefields of Chattanooga and Wauhatchie (E. E. Betts, Chickamauga and… (Library of Congress, Geography and Map Division)
1924 · South Carolina. Florida. Georgia. Mississippi. Alabama. North Carolina. South Carolina. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1935 · East Chattanooga, Tennessee (USGS Historical Topographic Map Collection)
1942 · East Chattanooga, Tennessee (USGS Historical Topographic Map Collection)

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