| Sherman Industrial Institute | |
|---|---|
| Location | |
| Huntsville, Alabama, United States | |
| Information | |
| Former name | North Huntsville School |
| School type | Private Black nonsectarian |
| Established | 1891 |
Sherman Industrial Institute was a private, nonsectarian, elementary school for African Americans in Huntsville, Alabama, U.S. It was previously named North Huntsville School.
History
North Huntsville School organized in 1891. The name was changed in 1804 to honor Union Army general William Tecumseh Sherman. One of the school's sites was previously owned by the Freedman's Aid Society and had been home to Central Alabama Academy.
F. R. Davis served as principal of Sherman Industrial Institute. Teachers at the school were African American. In 1922, Sherman Industrial Institute was reported to have 5 teachers for its 180 students.
References
- "Annual Report of the Department of Education of the State of Alabama". December 22, 1911. p. 217 – via Google Books.
- United States Office of Education (1914). Annual Report. U.S. Government Printing Office. p. 611 – via Google Books.
Nonsect.
- ^ Judd, Charles Hubbard; Eliot, Charles William; Williams, J. Harold; Hoke, Kremer Jacob; Education, United States Office of; Larson, Walter E.; Ryan, Will Carson; Nelson, Ernesto; Parker, Samuel Chester (1917). "Sherman Industrial Institute". State Higher Educational Institutions of Iowa: A Report to the Iowa State Board of Education of a Survey Made Under the Direction of the Commissioner of Education. U.S. Government Printing Office. p. 102 – via Google Books.
- ^ "Sherman Industrial Institute". An Era of Progress and Promise, 1863–1910: The Religious, Moral, and Educational Development of the American Negro Since His Emancipation. Boston, MA: Priscilla Publishing Co. 1910. p. 359 – via digital.ncdcr.gov.
- Judd, Charles Hubbard; Eliot, Charles William; Harold Williams, J.; Hoke, Kremer Jacob; Larson, Walter E.; Ryan, Will Carson; Nelson, Ernesto; Parker, Samuel Chester (1917). "State Higher Educational Institutions of Iowa: A Report to the Iowa State Board of Education of a Survey Made Under the Direction of the Commissioner of Education".
- Negro Year Book and Annual Encyclopedia of the Negro. Negro Year Book Publishing Company. December 22, 1922. p. 276 – via Google Books.
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