Gibson Elementary School
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Birmingham City Schools |
| Years | 1904–2010 |
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| Location | 956 50th Street North, (map) Woodlawn |
| Grades | K-5 |
| Principal | Michael Curry |
| Enrollment | 293 (2010) |
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J. B. Gibson Elementary School was an elementary school in the Birmingham City Schools system located at 956 50th Street North overlooking Messer Airport Highway in Woodlawn neighborhood.
The school was established in 1904 by the then-independent Town of Woodlawn. It was named in honor of then-Mayor J. B. Gibson, who donated the land at 5016 2nd Avenue North on which it was constructed. That first building was a two-story brick-clad building with arched upper windows and ornate gable dormers
The school was absorbed into Birmingham as part of the Greater Birmingham annexation which took effect in January 1910.
The second school building was constructed at 956 50th Street North in 1926 with an addition completed two years later.
Gibson Elementary closed in the Summer of 2010 with students transferring the newly-built Hayes K-8 School.
Principals
- T. B. Ward, 1904
- Prof Prichett, 1905
- C. P. Underwood
- G. A. Young
- J. V. Pogue, 1910-
- Michael Curry, 2008-2010
References
- Chamblee, Mary (November 27, 1927) "Handsome new structure that took place of Gibson School in city system in 1925" The Birmingham News - via Birmingham Public Library Digital Collections