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- The Freedmen’s Bureau erected the Stanton Institute on the corner of Ashley and Bridge (later Broad) streets in December 1868, and officially opened it for use on April 10, 1869.
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Stanton College Preparatory School is a highly selective school that offers both the Advanced Placement and the International Baccalaureate. The school's history dates to the 1860s, serving as the first school for Black students in the state of Florida.
The Old Stanton building was used as a junior high school in 1953-1954. In August 1954, it was converted into Stanton Vocational High School and functioned as a vocational training center, adjusting its curriculum to train and graduate students in the technical skills of the day. At night, it became a center for the Adult and Veterans Education ...
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.
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.
After the first building was destroyed by fire in 1882, a two-story replacement building was built the same year. The Stanton School, sometimes referred to as the Stanton Institute, provided a grammar school education and had been incorporated into the Duval County Schools in 1870.
Stanton is the oldest continually operating high school in Florida. It was built in the 1860s before being destroyed and rebuilt several times. It has changed from comprehensive to vocational to college preparatory curricula.
