Valley in Chambers County, Alabama — The American South (East South Central)

Lanier High School

Photographed by Mark Hilton, February 8, 2014

1. Lanier High School Marker

Inscription. The school was located at three different sites on Cherry Drive. Its beginning was in The Blue Hall Building adjacent to Goodsell Methodist Church. Later it was moved to the Dallas/Jackson Home and became the Jackson Hill School. In 1921, George H. Lanier provided funds to annex high school space. It became a part of Lanett City Schools, and the name changed to Lanier High. Lanier High was accredited in 1935 and six students constituted the first graduating class. The Darden family donated land and in 1937 a new school was built for grades 3-12 on the present site. Later, the Home Economics Building and Shop were added.

Until 1959 Lanier High was the only school in The Greater Valley area that conferred high school diplomas on Black students. Reuben Dallas, S.Q. Bryant and L.B. Sykes were the principals who served from the early 1920s-1969. System-wide restructuring resulted in Lanier High losing grades 7-12, and in 1970 it became L.B. Sykes Lanett Jr. High with grades 6, 7 & 8. L.B. Sykes was accredited in 1974-75. The Lanier High building was demolished during the Summer of 1991, leaving the Home Economics Building as the only remnant of the school.

Erected 2003 by the Historic Chattahoochee Commission And The Charter Foundation.

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lists: African Americans • Education. A significant historical year for this entry is 1921.

Location. 32° 52.338′ N, 85° 12.022′ W. Marker is in Valley, Alabama, in Chambers County. It is at the intersection of Cherry Drive and North 13th Avenue, on the right when traveling west on Cherry Drive. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 1302 Cherry Dr, Lanett AL 36863, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in East Alabama. It is also in the American South

and specifically in the Deep South.

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 2 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Town of Bluffton, Alabama / City of Lanett, Alabama (approx. 0.6 miles away); Fort Tyler (approx. one mile away in Georgia); a different marker also named Fort Tyler (approx. 1.1 miles away in Georgia); More Enduring Than Marble (approx. 1.1 miles away in Georgia); Battle of West Point (approx. 1.1 miles away in Georgia); "Daughters of the Confederacy" (approx. 1.1 miles away in Georgia); Fort Tyler Cemetery (approx. 1.6 miles away in Georgia); Gen. Robert C. Tyler, C.S.A. (approx. 1.6 miles away in Georgia).

Another marker is no longer nearby. Bluffton-Lanett, Alabama (was approx. 0.6 miles away but has been confirmed missing).

Photographed by Mark Hilton, February 8, 2014

2. Lanier High School Marker

Lanier High School Remnant Building. image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Mark Hilton, February 8, 2014

3. Lanier High School Remnant Building.

Lanier High School Cornerstone image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Mark Hilton, February 8, 2014

4. Lanier High School Cornerstone

Credits. This page was last revised on April 19, 2022. It was originally submitted on February 8, 2014, by Mark Hilton of Montgomery, Alabama. This page has been viewed 2,280 times since then and 317 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3. submitted on April 19, 2022, by Mark Hilton of Montgomery, Alabama. 4. submitted on February 8, 2014, by Mark Hilton of Montgomery, Alabama. • Bernard Fisher was the editor who published this page.