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[[Image:Woodlawn Elementary School.jpg|right|thumb|375px|Woodlawn Elementary School in 1910]] | [[Image:Woodlawn Elementary School.jpg|right|thumb|375px|Woodlawn Elementary School in 1910]] | ||
'''Woodlawn Elementary School''' (originally '''Woodlawn Central School''') was an elementary school constructed on [[Georgia Road]] in [[Woodlawn]] in [[1892]] and operated by [[Birmingham City Schools]] from [[1910]] to [[1961]]. The school property was donated by [[Obadiah Wood]]. The three-story brick building featured high ceilinged classrooms | '''Woodlawn Elementary School''' (originally '''Woodlawn Central School''') was an elementary school constructed on [[Georgia Road]] in [[Woodlawn]] in [[1892]] and operated by [[Birmingham City Schools]] from [[1910]] to [[1961]]. The school property was donated by [[Obadiah Wood]]. The three-story brick building featured high ceilinged classrooms. | ||
In the 1950s the school housed Birmingham's "Sight-Saving Class" for visually-impaired students. | In the 1950s the school housed Birmingham's "Sight-Saving Class" for visually-impaired students. | ||
It was demolished in [[1962]] and became a parking lot on the campus of the [[East Birmingham Church of God in Christ]]. | |||
==Principals== | ==Principals== | ||
Revision as of 20:37, 8 May 2013
Woodlawn Elementary School (originally Woodlawn Central School) was an elementary school constructed on Georgia Road in Woodlawn in 1892 and operated by Birmingham City Schools from 1910 to 1961. The school property was donated by Obadiah Wood. The three-story brick building featured high ceilinged classrooms.
In the 1950s the school housed Birmingham's "Sight-Saving Class" for visually-impaired students.
It was demolished in 1962 and became a parking lot on the campus of the East Birmingham Church of God in Christ.
Principals
- Joseph Dean Williams, 1910–1925
- William R. Hall, 1925–1961
References
- Pirtle, Sandra (May 26, 1961) "Ex-Students Honor Woodlawn School" The Birmingham News - via Birmingham Public Library Digital Collections