TreeAlive Map your family tree
← All Tennessee markers

College Hill High School

College Hill High School is a Tennessee historical marker in Columbia, Maury County.

1101 S. Bridge Street, Columbia

Get directions ↗Start a road tripHistorical trails

College Hill School, originally known as the Colored Public School, was the first public school for African Americans in Maury County. Established in 1881, the school's first principal was J.H. Kelly. In 1885 W.I. Lewis, who served as principal from 1884 to 1887, went to the North to raise funds to construct a new building. In August of 1885 city officials closed the school for ten months, during which period a new school was built. After the last high school class graduated in 1949, the school became College Hill Elementary School. In 2006 the school was renamed Horace O. Porter School at College Hill in memory of the former student, football coach, and principal, who served more than 40 years at the school.

Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.

David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

Historical maps covering this location

Example

For example, one family's tree showed the Articles of Confederation marker in Pennsylvania standing under a mile from where William Gabby lived in the 1760s.

What that marker records spans 1777 to 1789, overlapping William Gabby's years there.

From one family's 77-marker roster

Upload your family tree and TreeAlive finds the markers near where your own ancestors lived.

See your family's markers

Start with a tree file, a FamilySearch sign in, or a WikiTree ID.

Report a problem with this page

We may pass what you report to the state's marker program. Please don't include personal details.

Marker text and location from the Tennessee Historical Commission, as the Commission publishes them on its marker map.

More markers nearby

Privacy Policy · Accessibility