Porch-Reed School 1915-1963

Porch-Reed School 1915-1963 is a Tennessee historical marker in Humphreys County.

Humphreys Co., one mile North of Waverly on Hwy 13

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In 1915, the Humphreys County Board of Education acquired five acres of land, including this site, from the City of Waverly to construct a grammar school for African Americans. Waverly Colored Elementary School was re-named Porch-Reed School in 1946, honoring teachers Mattie Barr Porch and Myrtle Reed. A high school was added later, and the first class to graduate was in 1958. Porch-Reed School closed five years later to integrate with Waverly Central, High School.

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Historical maps covering this location

1862 · Johnson's Kentucky & Tennessee (1862) (Barry Lawrence Ruderman Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1864 · Kentucky And Tennessee (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1924 · Tennessee. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1936 · Waverly, Tennessee (USGS Historical Topographic Map Collection)
1950 · Waverly, Tennessee (USGS Historical Topographic Map Collection)

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