Talbot's Corner in Nashville in Davidson County, Tennessee — The American South (East South Central)

Haynes High School

1935-1967

Photographed by Shane Oliver, December 4, 2021

1. Haynes High School Marker

Inscription. Haynes School was named for William Haynes, a local African American who made the land available on which the school was built. With T. Clinton Derricks as founding principal, Haynes began in 1931 as an elementary school with grades one through eight. Prior to the 1962 merger of the city and county governments, the only high school for African Americans in rural Davidson County began at Haynes in 1935 when the ninth grade was added. Grades ten through twelve were added by 1938. The last senior class graduated in 1967 and the junior high school program closed in 1970.

Erected by Tennessee Historical Commission. (Marker Number 3A 178.)

Topics and series. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: African Americans • Education. In addition, it is included in the Tennessee Historical Commission series list. A significant historical year for this entry is 1935.

Location. 36° 12.493′ N, 86° 47.314′ W. Marker is in Nashville, Tennessee, in Davidson County. It is in Talbot's Corner. It is at the intersection of West Trinity Lane (Tennessee Route 65) and Old Matthews Road, on the right when traveling east on

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West Trinity Lane. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 510 West Trinity Lane, Nashville TN 37207, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in Middle Tennessee.

It is also in the American South

and specifically in the Upper South.

Globally, it is in 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 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: Griggs Hall (approx. 0.4 miles away); Riverside Sanitarium and Hospital / Dorothy Lavinia Brown, M.D. (approx. half a mile away); Heaton's Station (approx. half a mile away); a different marker also named Heaton's Station (approx. 0.6 miles away); "Historic Talbot's Corner" / Thomas Talbot 1760-1831 (approx. 0.6 miles away); The Nashville Race Course (approx. 1.1 miles away); Randall "Randy" Walter Parham (approx. 1.1 miles away); Samuel Watkins (approx. 1.4 miles away). Touch for a list and map

Photographed by Duane and Tracy Marsteller, August 16, 2020

2. Haynes High School Marker

of all markers in Nashville.

Also see . . . Rev. William Haynes (PDF). Biography of the school's namesake, the son of a slave who became a renowned lawyer, author , preacher, pastor and educator. From the Haynes Alumni website. (Submitted on August 17, 2020, by Duane and Tracy Marsteller of Murfreesboro, Tennessee.)

Additional keywords. Jim Crow South

Haynes School image. Click for full size.

Tennessee State Library and Archives, 1931

3. Haynes School

Front and side views of Haynes Consolidated Negro School. Three African American children are standing on the steps.

Photographed by Duane and Tracy Marsteller, August 16, 2020

4. Haynes High School Marker

Credits. This page was last revised on August 13, 2025. It was originally submitted on August 17, 2020, by Duane and Tracy Marsteller of Murfreesboro, Tennessee. This page has been viewed 2,357 times since then and 136 times this year. Photos: 1. submitted on December 26, 2021, by Shane Oliver of Richmond, Virginia. 2, 3, 4. submitted on August 17, 2020, by Duane and Tracy Marsteller of Murfreesboro, Tennessee. • Devry Becker Jones was the editor who published this page.