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1917
- In 1917, the building, which stands at Ashley, Broad, Beaver, and Clay Streets, was completed.
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Beginning as an elementary school with six grades, under the administration of J. C. Waters as the first principal and D. W. Gulp who followed as principal, Stanton gradually became known throughout the state for the high educational standards which it still maintains today.
Feb 2, 2017 · Named after Abraham Lincoln’s Secretary of War Edwin M. Stanton, Stanton Institute, which later became known as Stanton High School, opened in 1868 as the first and only public secondary school for African-Americans in Reconstruction Florida.
Jan 19, 2022 · The first two-story wooden structure was built in December 1868 on the corner of Bridge (later Broad) and Ashley Streets and dedicated as Stanton Normal School on April 10, 1869 by the U.S. Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen and Abandoned Lands.
It was built in the 1860s before being destroyed and rebuilt several times. It has changed from comprehensive to vocational to college preparatory curricula. The school at one time taught all grade levels before permanently becoming a senior high school in a late 1930s.
Feb 23, 2019 · The black people of the Jacksonville came together on Feb. 8, 1868, to buy the piece of land on Ashley and Broad streets where the first Stanton School was built. It was named after Gen....
Oct 24, 2019 · Dubbed the Stanton School, the institution hails from the efforts of Florida legislation enforcing separate, yet poorly funded education for black students at the peak of racial segregation. The school originally held 530 students and four teachers, who taught grades seven through ten.
