Category Archives: Schools

Mount Salem Missionary Baptist Church-Rocky Face, Georgia

This church is a historic African American church in Rocky Face, Georgia. The land was sold by W. J. Copeland in 1886 to church trustees. The building was constructed in 1897 to be a church and school.

Information was pulled from this article in the Dalton Daily Citizen-News.

St. Anthony’s School-Atlanta, Georgia

St. Anthony’s School opened in February 1934. The Art-Deco-influenced building was designed by the Reverend Michael McInerney, who, according to the Atlanta Constitution, is an “ecclesiastical and instructional architect of Belmont Abbey.” It cost $40,000 to construct.

It is listed as a contributing property on the Historic West End’s application to the National Register of Historic Places.

Edge Hill School-Glascock County, Georgia

Edge Hill is a crossroads community in Glasscock County. I have yet to determine location of this Rosenwald school.

Gillis Springs Colored School-Treutlen County, Georgia

Gillis Springs is a small community in Treutlen County. I have yet to determine where this Rosenwald School was located.

Pleasant Hill School-Conyers, Georgia

The schoolhouse sits next to the Pleasant Hill Baptist Church in the Honey Creek Community of Rockdale County.

The Georgia School of Technology-Atlanta, Georgia

This is an 1898 photo of the Georgia Institute of Technology back when it was known as the The Georgia School of Technology. The building on the right is Tech Tower. The building on the left is the second shop building. It was built in 1892-1893 after the original shop building burned. It cost $12,000 to rebuild the second shop building.

This photo was featured in a book co-published by the Chamber of Commerce and City Council.

Reference: Martin, T. H. Atlanta Chamber of Commerce., Atlanta (Ga.). City Council. (1898). Hand book of the city of Atlanta: A comprehensive review of the city’s commercial, industrial and residential conditions. Atlanta, Ga.: The Southern industrial publishing company.