Site of First African American High School in Anderson County

Reed Street High School

After another high school was built, Reed Street High was renamed Perry Elementary School.

Perry Elementary later became known as

Perry Child Development Center.

This memorial is dedicated to the students teachers and principals who were a part of these ...

First High School

Trenton’s First Public School, built here in 1874, had room for 304 students. When city growth prompted the 1902 building of a new high school at Hamilton Avenue and Chestnut Street, this became the William McKinley Elementary School.

Marker is at ...

First Arab High School

In the early 1900s, students from Arab enrolled at Albertville High School because Arab didn’t have a high school. On group, called the “Brindlee Mountain Boys”, would travel to Guntersville by buggy and then by train to Albertville to attend ...