Tallapoosa County High School

Tallapoosa County High School. 1910~1949. A 1907 act of the Alabama Legislature called for the construction of a new public high school in each county. Officials selected Dadeville as the location of Tallapoosa County High School. Residents sought private funds and used a bond issue to raise the money required to purchase this five-acre Lafayette Street lot from brothers W. S. and T. S. Herren, and to build the school., Completed in September 1910, the original school consisted of six classrooms and an auditorium. It enrolled fifty-five students-twenty- nine females and twenty-six males-in grades eight through twelve. Subjects taught were science, mathematics, history, art, music, typing and stenography, and languages including English, Latin, French, and German. The school colors were black and gold. Out-of-town pupils boarded with Dadeville families for a nominal fee. An expansion in 1926 added classrooms to accommodate instruction in seventh grade., Tallapoosa County High School closed at the end of the 1948-49 school year. Thereafter, students attended the combined Dadeville Schools., [School Alma mater song on reverse], When the golden sun is melting, , In the purple of the night, , There is promise of the morrow, , That it will be fair and bright, , So today we see the gleamings, , Through regrets that we must part, , Of the beauty of the future, , And the hopes that fill each heart., We go forth with firm endeavor, , And a purpose ever true, , And our motto is perfection, , In whatever we may do, , And though land and sea divide us, , We will ever cherish dear , Our beloved Alma Mater, , And her name will we revere..