Tallahassee in Leon County, Florida — The American South (South Atlantic)
Leon High School
Photographed By Mark Hilton, December 6, 2014
1. Leon High School Marker
The first Leon Academy opened in 1827, three years after Tallahassee's founding, and operated until the mid-1840s. In 1869, the Leon County Board of Public Instruction established separate schools for whites and blacks. In 1871, the county opened the Leon Academy as a public school for whites and, in 1885, constructed a two-story brick building on Tennessee Street between Duval and Bronough streets. The Board of Public Instruction passed a resolution in 1903 establishing a 12-grade high school known as Leon Graded and High School. A new school was dedicated on Park Avenue in 1911. On March 27, 1927, the Board of Public Instruction purchased 31.7 acres of McDougal Pasture for $22,000. Efforts by Mode L. Stone, Tallahassee's supervising principal of public schools, and a 1935 bond referendum and a loan from the Emergency Administration of Public Works led to the construction of the present school in 1936. Architect M. Leo Elliott designed the Mediterranean Revival/Italian Renaissance style building with its distinctive barrel tile roof with wide eaves and decorative rafter tails. The school had 50 classrooms, a cafeteria, kitchen, library and an 
Photographed By Mark Hilton, December 6, 2014
2. Leon High School
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Erected 2010 by the Leon High School Foundation and the Florida Department of State. (Marker Number F-698.)
Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: African Americans • Education. A significant historical month for this entry is March 1681.
Location. 30° 26.698′ N, 84° 16.477′ W. Marker is in Tallahassee, Florida, in Leon County. Marker is on East Tennessee Street (U.S. 90) 0.1 miles west of North Franklin Boulevard, on the right when traveling west. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: East Tennessee Street, Tallahassee FL 32308, United States of America. Touch for directions.
Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker. Erno Dohnanyi Residence/Dohnányi Erno ház (approx. 0.2 miles away); Governor William Dunnington Bloxham House 1844 / Governor Bloxham House (approx. 0.3 miles away); Rutgers House/Tallahassee Garden Club Center (approx. 0.3 miles away); Towle House (approx. 0.3 miles away); The Knott House (approx. 0.4 miles away); Leon County's American Revolutionary War Soldiers (approx. 0.4 miles away); John Gilmore Riley House (approx. 0.4 miles away); Presbyterian Church (approx. 0.4 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Tallahassee.
Photographed By Mark Hilton, December 6, 2014
3. Leon High School Marker looking west on Tennessee Street
Credits. This page was last revised on September 25, 2020. It was originally submitted on December 9, 2014, by Mark Hilton of Montgomery, Alabama. This page has been viewed 402 times since then and 43 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3. submitted on December 9, 2014, by Mark Hilton of Montgomery, Alabama.
