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Title	Montgomery High School: proposal for a resource center
Creator(s)	Montgomery High School Alumni Association
Contributor(s)	Beasley, Juanette
Date	2007-02
Coverage	2000-2009
Property name	Montgomery High School
Additional property name	Montgomery-Bond-Robinson Community Center
Property type	School
National Register Reference	07000662 Listed July, 3, 2007
Community Name	Lexington, Henderson County, TN
Description	A project proposal written by the Montgomery High School Alumni Association to renovate the old school building into a community cultural and enrichment resource center. Includes a brief historical sketch of the school by Mrs. Juanette Beasley.
Historical Notes	Montgomery High School, in Lexington, Tennessee, was built from 1948-1950 and opened in 1950. It served African-American students in rural Middle and West Tennessee counties, including Henderson, Wayne, Perry, Benton, Decatur, and Madison. The gymnasium was built in 1953. The current school building was built on the site of the Montgomery School, a Rosenwald Fund school, built in 1923 to replace the Lexington Colored School which was in another location. The Montgomery School became Montgomery High School in 1927. Montgomery High School was in operation until 1967 when all county schools were desegregated. The school building remained a part of the community and served as a community center run by the Alumni Association. In 1997, the gymnasium was renovated and renamed Montgomery-Bond-Robinson Community Center. Montgomery Head Start uses a portion of the original school building.
Collection Name	Southern History Documentary Projects
Subject-LCSH	National Register of Historic Places African American schools -- Tennessee
Language	eng
Type	Text
Medium	Paper
Extent	6 p
Copyright status	Copyright of the creator. Reproduced with permission
Contributing Institution	Center for Historic Preservation, Middle Tennessee State University
Conditions for use	Credit Center for Historic Preservation, Middle Tennessee State University reproduction permitted for non-profit educational and research purposes only
Digital Publisher	Digital Initiatives, James E. Walker Library, Middle Tennessee State University

Montgomery High School: proposal for a resource center

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Montgomery High School: proposal for a resource center