Huntsville in Madison County, Alabama — The American South (East South Central)
S.R. Butler High School
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Stone Middle School
Photographed by Deborah Spencer
1. S.R. Butler High School side of the marker
S.R. Butler High School. S.R. Butler High School was established by the Madison County School System in 1951 with the consolidation of five small county high schools (Rison, West Huntsville, Joe Bradley, Madison, and Lincoln). The new school was named for Samuel Riley Butler, a former Madison County Superintendent of Education. Dr. J. Homer Crim served as the first principal. This school transferred to the Huntsville City School System in 1956 as the city limits expanded westward. In 1964, S.R. Butler became one of the first Huntsville public high schools to integrate.
Stone Middle School. In the fall of 1967, S.R. Butler High School relocated to a new facility on Holmes Avenue. At that time. the original building on this site became home to Stone Junior High School (later renamed Stone Middle School). The building burned on April 18, 1983, and was rebuilt in time for the start of the 1986 school year. Stone Middle School closed its doors in 2009 after educating thousands of students over a 42-year period. This marker is dedicated to the administrators, teachers, support staff, and students who once walked the halls of S.R. Butler High School and Stone Middle School.
Erected 2023 by Alabama Historical Association.
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Location. 34° 43.241′ N, 86° 36.445′ W. Marker is in Huntsville, Alabama, in Madison County. It is at the intersection of Clinton Avenue West and Governors Drive Southwest (Alabama Route 53), on the right when traveling west on Clinton Avenue West. The marker stands in the parking lot of the old Stone Middle School, now Campus No. 805. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 2610 Clinton Ave W, Huntsville AL 35805, United States of America. Touch for directions.
Regionally, this marker is in North Alabama. It is also in the American South, specifically in the Deep South, in Appalachia, and specifically in Southern Appalachia. Globally, it is in North America, a Gulf of Mexico state, the Western Hemisphere, the Western World, and the Anglosphere. Historically, it finds itself in what was once the original Cherokee Nation, 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 one mile of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Original Site of the University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAH) (here, next to this marker); West Huntsville Baptist Church (approx. Ό mile away); Glenwood Cemetery (approx. half a mile away); Lowe Mill / General Shoe Company Lowe Mill Arts and Entertainment (approx. 0.6 miles away); S.R. Butler High School (approx. Ύ mile away); C.B. "Bill" Miller Bridge (approx. 0.9 miles away); St. Joseph's Mission School (approx. one mile away); William Hooper Councill High School Site (approx. 1.1 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Huntsville.
Photographed by Deborah Spencer
2. Stone Middle School side of the marker
Photographed by Deborah Spencer
3. S.R. Butler High School / Stone Middle School Marker
Photographed by Jimmy Emerson, May 9, 2026
4. S.R. Butler High School & Original Site of UAH Markers
The marker for the original site of UAH was placed to the right of the S R Butler high school on December 16, 2025.
Credits. This page was last revised on May 13, 2026. It was originally submitted on August 1, 2025, by Deborah Spencer of Huntsville, Alabama. This page has been viewed 161 times since then and 68 times this year. Last updated on May 12, 2026, by Jimmy Emerson of Dalton, Georgia. Photos: 1, 2, 3. submitted on August 1, 2025, by Deborah Spencer of Huntsville, Alabama. 4. submitted on May 9, 2026, by Jimmy Emerson of Dalton, Georgia. • Devry Becker Jones was the editor who published this page.
