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The '''Paul Hayne School''' or '''Paul Hayne Opportunity High School''' (originally '''Southside Grammar School''') was a former [[Birmingham City Schools|Birmingham city school]] located on the southeast corner of [[5th Avenue South]] and [[20th Street South|20th Street]] (on the present site of the [[Kirklin Clinic]]). It was constructed in [[1886]] at a cost of $60,000 and later expanded. | The '''Paul Hayne School''' or '''Paul Hayne Opportunity High School''' (originally '''Southside Grammar School''') was a former [[Birmingham City Schools|Birmingham city school]] located on the southeast corner of [[5th Avenue South]] and [[20th Street South|20th Street]] (on the present site of the [[Kirklin Clinic]]). It was constructed in [[1886]] at a cost of $60,000 and later expanded. | ||
The school was named in honor of South Carolina-born poet Paul Hamilton Hayne who | The school was named in honor of South Carolina-born poet [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Hamilton_Hayne Paul Hamilton Hayne], who sent an original poem and a book of verse in honor of the school at its dedication. | ||
The original school was three stories with a basement and the upper floor sheltered under a mansard roof. The exterior was clad in light-colored brick with limestone quoins at the corners and segmental arches over the windows. A central entrance tower faced 5th Avenue and was peaked with a tall pyramidal roof spire. The other roofs were of slate with clipped gables and a wrought-iron parapet rail. | The original school was three stories with a basement and the upper floor sheltered under a mansard roof. The exterior was clad in light-colored brick with limestone quoins at the corners and segmental arches over the windows. A central entrance tower faced 5th Avenue and was peaked with a tall pyramidal roof spire. The other roofs were of slate with clipped gables and a wrought-iron parapet rail. | ||
Revision as of 23:13, 14 September 2010
The Paul Hayne School or Paul Hayne Opportunity High School (originally Southside Grammar School) was a former Birmingham city school located on the southeast corner of 5th Avenue South and 20th Street (on the present site of the Kirklin Clinic). It was constructed in 1886 at a cost of $60,000 and later expanded.
The school was named in honor of South Carolina-born poet Paul Hamilton Hayne, who sent an original poem and a book of verse in honor of the school at its dedication.
The original school was three stories with a basement and the upper floor sheltered under a mansard roof. The exterior was clad in light-colored brick with limestone quoins at the corners and segmental arches over the windows. A central entrance tower faced 5th Avenue and was peaked with a tall pyramidal roof spire. The other roofs were of slate with clipped gables and a wrought-iron parapet rail.
An 1889 addition to the south side of the building faced 20th Street. It housed 12 classrooms on three stories, with an attic floor enclosed in a multi-gabled roof. The newer building, designed by the firm of Wheelock, Joy and Wheelock and built at a cost of $50,000, was clad in a darker brick and had a more understated ornamental scheme with triple windows and projecting courses.
In September 1930 the school was converted from a high school into an "opportunity school" with R. F. Jarvis as principal. The school provided vocational instruction to high-school age students with specialized classes in printing, architectural drawing, mechanical drawing, radio, machine shop, pattern making, painting and decorating, commercial art, auto mechanics, electrical work, salesmanship, tea room and cafeteria management and sewing. The student's days were split between practical instruction and academic work related to the trades (shop mathematics, shop science, business English, etc).
Principals
- J. B. Cunningham, 1880s
- Charles Glenn, 1899–1908
- Clarence J. Going, 1920s
- N. B. Hendrix, –1926
- T. C. Young, 1926–1930
- R. F. Jarvis, 1930–
References
- Birmingham Public Schools (1931) Report of Progress, Birmingham Public Schools: September 1, 1921 to August 31, 1931 - accessed via Birmingham Public Library Digital Collections