Midtown in Savannah in Chatham County, Georgia — The American South (South Atlantic)

Florance Street School

Photographed by Mike Stroud, September 18, 2008

1. Florance Street School Marker

Inscription. Florance Street School was designed by the firm Levy and Clarke and built in 1929 as one of the early public schools in Savannah built specifically for African-American students. It contributed greatly to Savannah’s Cuyler-Brownville community by offering quality education and leadership development to its students. The school’s construction was a direct result of efforts by Savannah’s African-American community in 1928 to remedy inequities in segregated schools. These efforts brought about a three-hundred-percent increase in state expenditures for black schools. Florence Street School was desegregated in 1971, along with Savannah’s other public schools, and it continued to serve as an elementary school until 1987. The building was rehabilitated as housing in 2000.

Erected 2002 by Georgia Historical Society, Mercy Housing SouthEast, Sisters of Mercy, St.Joseph's/Candler, and Cuyler-Brownville Neighborhood Assoc. (Marker Number 25-15.)

Topics and series. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: African Americans • Education. In addition, it is included in the Georgia Historical Society series list. A significant historical year for this entry is 1929.

Location. 32° 3.654′ N, 81° 6.479′ W. Marker is in Savannah, Georgia, in

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Chatham County. It is in Midtown. It is on Florance St near W 35th St, on the right when traveling west. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Savannah GA 31401, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in the Coastal Plain and on the Georgia Coast and the Golden Isles.

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 New Spain,

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 walking distance of this marker: Charity Hospital and Training School for Nurses (about 400 feet away, measured in a direct line); The Kiah House Museum (1959-2001) (approx. 0.2 miles away); Silence (approx. ¼ mile away); Sailors' Burial Ground (approx. 0.4 miles away); Laurel Grove South Cemetery (approx. half a mile away); Mother Mathilda Beasley, O.S.F. (approx. half a mile away); Saint Phillips Monumental A.M.E. Church (approx. half a mile away); Lawton Memorial (approx. 0.6 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Savannah.

Photographed by Mike Stroud, 2008

2. Florance Street School Marker

Credits. This page was last revised on February 8, 2023. It was originally submitted on October 5, 2008, by Mike Stroud of Bluffton, South Carolina. This page has been viewed 2,619 times since then and 45 times this year. Photos: 1. submitted on August 25, 2013, by Mike Stroud of Bluffton, South Carolina. 2. submitted on October 5, 2008, by Mike Stroud of Bluffton, South Carolina. • Bill Pfingsten was the editor who published this page.