Carver-Hill School Explained

Carver-Hill School
City:Crestview
State:Florida
District:Okaloosa County School District
County:Okaloosa County
Country:United States
Schoolboard:Okaloosa District Schools
Schooltype:Segregated public school
Fundingtype:Public
Grades:1–12
Athletics Conference:FIAA

Carver-Hill School[1] was a school for African Americans in Okaloosa County, Florida. It was the only school for African Americans in the county.[2] Its former lunchroom housed the Carver-Hill Museum until a museum building was constructed.

The school colors were blue and white and its mascot was the panther.[3]

A school for African Americans was built in Crestview in 1926.[3] The school received support from Julius Rosenwald's Rosenwald School fund.[4] It became known as the Crestview Colored School. A new school was eventually built and named for George Washington Carver. The name of Reverend Edwin Hill was eventually added.[5] The school was closed in 1965. In 1969, a museum was established. In 1975, the museum was opened on land loaned by the city, and in 1979 the city formalized the museum.[6]

The State of Florida's archives include a photograph of a Carver-Hill student at John C. Beasley State Park in Fort Walton Beach.[7]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Sports History. www.carverhillmemorialandhistoricalsocietyinc.org.
  2. Web site: The Carver-Hill Museum tells stories of Okaloosa's segregated black students. Heather. Osbourne. Northwest Florida Daily News.
  3. Web site: Carver-Hill High School And The Early Education Of Afro-Americans in Crestview. Danielle. Freeman. www.wuwf.org.
  4. Web site: 10 things you didn't know about Crestview. Ann. Spann. Crestview News Bulletin.
  5. Web site: Carver-Hill. www.carverhillmemorialandhistoricalsocietyinc.org.
  6. News: Jones . Mary V. . Carver Hill Museum has city blessing . 14 April 2020 . Pensacola News Journal . February 17, 1979 . Pensacola, Florida . C1.
  7. https://www.floridamemory.com/items/show/331974