Statesboro in Bulloch County, Georgia — The American South (South Atlantic)

Statesboro High School

Photographed by David Seibert, April 10, 2014

1. Statesboro High School Marker

Inscription. In 1890 citizens organized and built the city’s first school, the Statesboro Academy, at the corner of North Main and Church Streets. For ten years it served the needs of the community. In 1901 a growing city dedicated a new and larger school at the corner of South College and West Grady Streets. Originally called the Statesboro Normal Institution and Business College, the local school authority changed the name to Statesboro High School in 1922, and students attended classes in a new building nearby on Grady Street.

The first local school to serve black Americans - Statesboro High and Industrial School - opened its doors in 1907 on Cotton Avenue and Blitch Street (M. L. King, Jr. Drive). In 1954 a new William James High School replaced the original school. In 1971 Bulloch County’s schools were officially integrated, and all local high school students could attend a newer and larger Statesboro High built in 1964 by the Bulloch County Board of Education. This building is located behind the facility opened in 2009 on Lester Road.

Erected by The Bulloch County Historical Society, sponsored by the Jack N. & Addie D. Averitt Foundation.

Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: African Americans • Education.

Location.

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32° 26.6′ N, 81° 45.7′ W. Marker is in Statesboro, Georgia, in Bulloch County. It is on Lester Road 0.1 miles north of Allen Call Drive, on the left when traveling north. The marker stands near the north entrance to the school's parking lot on Lester Road. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 10 Lester Road, Statesboro GA 30458, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in Georgia’s Coastal Plain. It is also in the American South

and specifically in the Deep South.

Globally, it is in the North Atlantic Region,

North America,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once the territory of the Mississippian Culture,

one of the original Thirteen Colonies,

one of the Confederate States of America,

and the Antebellum South.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 2 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Savannah Avenue Historic District (approx. 0.4 miles away); The Bulloch County Hospital, 1937-2000 (approx. 0.6 miles away); Donehoo-Brannen-NeSmith Mansion (approx. 0.7 miles away); William Charles “Willie” Heddleston (approx. 0.8 miles away); Eastside Cemetery (approx. 0.8 miles away); Savannah & Statesboro Railway (approx. 0.9 miles away); Statesboro Vietnam Memorial (approx. 1.1 miles away); Statesboro, Georgia (approx. 1.1 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Statesboro.

Photographed by David Seibert, April 10, 2014

2. Statesboro High School Marker

Photographed by David Seibert, April 10, 2014

3. Statesboro High School Marker

The school is on the left.

Credits. This page was last revised on August 31, 2017. It was originally submitted on August 31, 2017, by David Seibert of Sandy Springs, Georgia. This page has been viewed 681 times since then and 25 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3. submitted on August 31, 2017, by David Seibert of Sandy Springs, Georgia.