Fort Valley High and Industrial School

Fort Valley High and Industrial School
Collis P. Huntington Memorial Hall
Fort Valley, Georgia, United States
Information
Other nameFort Valley Normal and Industrial School
School typePrivate Black elementary, secondary, normal school, industrial school
Religious affiliationEpiscopal Church
Founded1890
FounderJ. W. Davison
ClosedApril 1939
Followed byFort Valley State College

Fort Valley High and Industrial School (1890 – 1939), also known as Fort Valley Normal and Industrial School, was a private elementary, secondary and normal school for African American students in Fort Valley, Georgia, affiliated with the American Church Institute of the Protestant Episcopal Church. It was a Rosenwald school.

In 1939, the school was consolidated into Fort Valley State College (now Fort Valley State University) by the State of Georgia.

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