Lewis High School (Macon, Georgia) Explained

Lewis High School
Location:Macon, Georgia
Country:United States
Former Names:Lewis Normal Institute (1885–),
Ballard Normal School (1888–)
Established:1865
Closed:1949

Lewis High School (1865–1949) was a private primary and secondary school for African American students in Macon, Georgia, United States.

History

Organized and funded by the American Missionary Association in 1865,[1] it was named for General John R. Lewis, the leader of the Freedmen's Bureau in Georgia.

The school was destroyed by arsonists in 1876,[2] and rebuilt again. It was training teachers by 1884.[3] It became Lewis Normal Institute in 1885 and Ballard Normal School in 1888 for donor Stephen A. Ballard.[4] His support helped fund a new building constructed for it in 1889 as well as a dormitory for girls funded by his sister.[5]

The school was relocated to a new almost 5-acre campus in 1916 after the city purchased the existing site for the expansion of a hospital. By 1923 it was accredited by the Georgia Department of Education. It became a public high school in 1942. In 1949 the school district discontinued use of the school building and it was sold for use as a community center in 1950.

William Sanders Scarborough attended the school and returned to teach at it. He also met his wife at the school, she was a teacher.[6]

Principals

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Annual Report of the Public Schools of the City of Macon and Bibb County, Georgia: Year Ending .... Macon (Ga) Board of. Education. May 30, 1898. order of the Board.. Google Books.
  2. Web site: Ballard Normal School (Macon, Ga.) . https://web.archive.org/web/20210602214013/http://amistadresearchcenter.tulane.edu/archon/?p=creators/creator&id=95 . June 2, 2021 . Amistad Research Center, Tulane University.
  3. Web site: Annual Reports of the Department of the Interior .... United States Department of the. Interior. May 30, 1884. U.S. Government Printing Office. Google Books.
  4. Book: Prater, Vickie Leach. Macon in Vintage Postcards. May 30, 1999. Arcadia Publishing. 9780738502007. Google Books.
  5. Web site: The American Missionary. May 30, 1917. American Missionary Association.. Google Books.
  6. Book: Scarborough, William Sanders . The Autobiography of William Sanders Scarborough: An American Journey from Slavery to Scholarship . May 30, 2005 . Wayne State University Press . 0814332242 . Google Books.

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