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Title	Montgomery High School: classroom with ceiling and floor tiles missing
Creator(s)	West, Carroll Van
Date	2006-11-09
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
Latitude/Longitude	35.650967,-88.400431
Description	A color photograph of a classroom painted light green. There are curtains hanging in the window and remnants of the built-in shelves at the back of the room. The ceiling tiles and floor tiles are missing.
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	African American Schools -- Tennessee National Register of Historic Places
Subject-TGM	Classrooms
Type	Still image
Format	jpeg2000
Genre	Photograph
Copyright status	Copyright of the creator. Reproduced with permission
Conditions for use	Credit Center for Historic Preservation, Middle Tennessee State University
Digital Publisher	Digital Initiatives, James E. Walker Library, Middle Tennessee State University
Contributing Institution	Center for Historic Preservation, Middle Tennessee State University
Source file	MontgomerySchool_classroom_greenpaint_bookshelvesview(60)