Historical Marker

Athens High and Industrial School

Athens · Athens-Clarke County · Erected 2010

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The Story

Opened in the 1910s and accredited in 1922, this was Georgia's first four-year public high school for Black students, on the former site of the Freedmen's Bureau's Knox Institute.

About this site

Athens High and Industrial School is a historical marker in Athens, Athens-Clarke County, erected in 2010. It is one of 105 historical markers documented in Athens-Clarke County, among 141 historic sites cataloged across the county on Georgia Roam.

The site sits at 33.9569, -83.3847 near Athens. The nearest cataloged historic site is University of Georgia Botanical Garden (historical marker), about under a tenth of a mile away. Others within a short drive include Camak House:, Ross Crane House, and Lucy Cobb Institute (1858-1931).

This record is drawn from Georgia historical-marker records. Use the map below for its exact position and turn-by-turn directions.

📍 33.9569, -83.3847 · Athens, Athens-Clarke County

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