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'''Alberta Shields Elementary School''', formerly '''East Birmingham Colored School''', was an [[List of Birmingham schools|elementary school]] operated by [[Birmingham City Schools]] at the corner of [[12th Avenue North]] and [[Escambia Street]], at what is now [[W. C. Patton Park]] in the [[North Avondale]] neighborhood of [[East Birmingham]]. | '''Alberta Shields Elementary School''', formerly '''East Birmingham Colored School''', was an [[List of Birmingham schools|elementary school]] operated by [[Birmingham City Schools]] at the corner of [[12th Avenue North]] and [[Escambia Street]], at what is now [[W. C. Patton Park]] in the [[North Avondale]] neighborhood of [[East Birmingham]]. | ||
The school was named in honor of long-time principal [[Alberta Shields]]. | The school was in use prior to [[1926]]. It was named in honor of long-time principal [[Alberta Shields]]. | ||
After it closed, the school building was converted into the [[Shields Conference Center]]. | After it closed, the school building was converted into the [[Shields Conference Center]]. | ||
[[Category:Former elementary schools]] | ==Principals== | ||
[[Category:Former Birmingham schools]] | * [[Leroy Butler]], 1949– | ||
[[Category:12th Avenue North]] | |||
[[Category:Escambia Street]] | [[Category: Former elementary schools]] | ||
[[Category:W. C. Patton Park]] | [[Category: Former Birmingham schools]] | ||
[[Category: 12th Avenue North]] | |||
[[Category: Escambia Street]] | |||
[[Category: W. C. Patton Park]] | |||
Latest revision as of 19:11, 22 January 2024
Alberta Shields Elementary School, formerly East Birmingham Colored School, was an elementary school operated by Birmingham City Schools at the corner of 12th Avenue North and Escambia Street, at what is now W. C. Patton Park in the North Avondale neighborhood of East Birmingham.
The school was in use prior to 1926. It was named in honor of long-time principal Alberta Shields.
After it closed, the school building was converted into the Shields Conference Center.
Principals
- Leroy Butler, 1949–