Knoxville and Knox County Schools

 

Halls Consolidated Schools

A consolidated school was approved for the Halls are in 1915 (FBHC) Halls Cross Roads School 1934 McClung Photo Link Halls Elementary (C) 1934, new school built in 1984 1950 McClung Photo Link

 Halls High (H) new school built in 1938 1954 Halls High (C) A new school was bult for Halls high and the high school became the middle school (1969 KNS)

 

  Halls Elementary

  7502 Andersonville Pike

 

 

Halls HS 

4321 E Emory Rd

 

 

  

Halls Middle 

 4317 E Emory Rd

 

 

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Hampden Sidney Academy (H) 

SE corner State and Resevoir (CD 1887, 1889), 304 State (CD 1905)

1806 (Heart of the Valley) SE corner State and Resevoir (CD 1887, 1889, 1890), 304 State (CD 1905) (Photo Source: Brownlow's Knoxville Whig. (Knoxville, Tenn.), 04 April 1866. Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers. Lib. of Congress. Link )
The teachers of the Hampden Sidney Academy are rented the frame building adjoining the Franklin House, where they have opened a Grammar School. The room at the Academy was too small to accommodate the students in attendance and they have resorted to this to make room for all. Their school is well attended. (Source: Brownlow's Knoxville Whig. (Knoxville, Tenn.), 30 Oct. 1867. Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers. Lib. of Congress. Link )

 

Happy Home Elementary (H) 

1939 Black school,

Rosenwald School, closed in the 1960's

 

Hardin Valley Academy

1345 Hardin Valley Rd, opened in 2008

 

 

Hardin Valley Elementary

1939, burned in 1978, students transferred to Fairview School

 

Hardin Valley Elementary

11445 Hardin Valley Rd

 

 

Harris Chapel

 Two brothers formed the church, which also served as a schoolhouse for the family’s children, most of whom had blood of slaves, white farmers and Cherokee ancestors running through their veins. Used until Simpson School was built. (KNS 2007)

 

Hart School

1895 map dist 10 between Tennessee River and Railroad near Concord

 

 

 

Heiskell 

Mr. Isaac Allen opened a schcol, at Heiskell's Station, yesterday, in a house 50x40 feet, not yet completed, but which, when finished, will be commodious and comfortable. There are about seventy scholars in the division, and the teacher's salary is thirty-seven dollars per month. (Source: Knoxville daily chronicle. (Knoxville, Tenn.), 03 Oct. 1871

 1935, Heiskell Rd. Closed in 1979. The school was heavily damaged by fire in 1979 and vandalized. (KNS 1980) Students were transerred to Copper Ridge (KNS 1979)

 

Heiskell School 1897

Kentucky, cor Campbell (CD 1910, 1915, 1939 ) with Maynard replaced King's Chapel

 

High Bluff Elementary

1938 Tipton Station Rd In 1963, plans were announced to consolidate White, High Bluff and Klondike Schools (KNS 1963)

 

 Highland Ave School

 formerly West Knoxville, later Van Gilder 1304 Highland Avw (CD 1915)

Highland Ave School in 1912 McClung Link

 

Hills School

on Washington Pike (KNS 1930)

 

 

Hills School

 on Hill Rd near Bull Run Creek. It was a two room school with one teacher, but a new school is almost complete (KNS 1938)

 

 Hodge Chapel

listed as a school for black children (The Knoxville Journal and Tribune of June 8, 1911)

 

Holbrook Normal College 1892-93

became Central High School

 

Holy Ghost School (P)

1912 Catholic School 1962 McClung Photo Link

 

 

Holston Elementary

1924 Wheeler Ave listed in 1931 (CD 1931)

 

Holston High School

Same location as Holston Middle

1957 Holston Jr and Senior High was completed in 1957 making it the third largest high school (KNS 1957)

 

Holston Middle  1991

600 N Chilhowee Dr

 

 

Hopewell

Skaggston Community. This school was located on Rutledge Pike. It was replaced by Skaggston School. (KNS 1927)

 

Hopewell

Hopewell School was first one was a one-room log building beside New Hopewell Church. In 1894, a larger building was constructed around the curve from the church at Deaderick. From "The History of New Hopewell Elementary School" (KNS 1993) Contracts for a new Hopewell School were let in 1927. (KNS 1927) The school was sold at auction in 1928 (KNS 1928)

 

 

Horace Maynard (C)

1633 Clinton (CD 1905, 1915)

737 College St

 

 

Huckleberry Springs School

1895 Map Area 17: South Knox, bordered by Swanpond Creek)

 located near the Huckleberry Springs Church (1716 Huckleberry Springs Rd), mentioned in obit of Mrs Albert Goddard (Mary Ruth French) in 1970

 

 

 

Ingram School

Ingram School A school was opened on the 4th inst at the Ingram place, in the lower end of the 6th district, by Mr. A. J. Haskew. About 35 pupils were present the first day. The house is comfortable.(Knoxville, Tenn.), 06 Sept. 1871. Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers. Lib. of Congress. Link

 

 

Inskip School (historical)

Inskip School was formed in 1912 when Tindell School and Woodlawn School were consolidated. Tindell was a one-room school, Woodlawn a two-room school. Inskip served grades one through 10. (Robert Booker KNS 1992)

Inskip Elementary  (C)

4701 High School Rd

1931, celebrated it 100th birthday in 2012. It also mentions, "100-year history of Inskip Elementary", (KNS 2012)

 

Island Home School  (H)

1944 was Meade School. Board of Education approved use for another year

in 1954 (KNS 1954) and decided to close it 1957 since it only had 30 pupils (KNS 1957)

James Houston School 

1810, became Knoxville Literary Institution (Heart of the Vallley)

 

Jesse Rayl School

300-306 W Park (CD 1905) Park Street School located at No 304 Park street West has had the following principals: Miss Sallie J Mann 1883-84, Miss Mary Odell 1884-93 Miss Minnie Lichten Wanger, 1893-99. This school since October 22 1897 has been known as the Jesse A Rayl School and the building was dedicated November 23 1897. (Rule)

 

 

Jet's School 

Jet's School House, also in the 6th district, is yet to be supplied with a teacher, at a salary of about thirty dollars per month. (Source: Knoxville daily chronicle. (Knoxville, Tenn.), 03 Oct. 1871)

 

 

John Sevier School

 on John Sevier School Rd  (Arminda voting moved to John Sevier (KNS 1978).

Skaggston, Mascot, John Sevier to close and pupils transferred to East Knox County Elementary

 

John Tarleton Elementary 1939

 

 

Jones Chapel

listed as a school for black children (The Knoxville Journal and Tribune of June 8, 1911)

 

Jones School

before 1888 when the South Knoxville Baptist Church was organized there. (KNS 1927) Listed as Jones Hill in 1915 (CD) Located Davenport Rd in 1921

 

 Justice House School

1101 Vine Ave

 

Karns Schools 

Karns Elementary (C) 1937

Karns High (C) Karns High 1921 McClung Link New High school dedicated in 1938, 1938 McClung Photo Link, 1954 Link 1959 Link New Karns High opens in 1981 in the Byington-Solway Industrial Park. (KNS 1981)

Karns Middle (C) New Karns Middle to open February 3, 1975

Karns Primary School will occupy a remodeled Karns Elementary School. Students from the Fairview Hardin Valley Schools will attend as their school is being closed. (KNS 1981)

 

Karns Elementary 

 8018 Beaver Ridge Rd

 

 

Karns High 

2710 Byington Solway Rd

 

 

Karns Middle 

2925 Gray Hendrix Rd

 

Karns Primary 

will occupy a remodeled Karns Elementary School. Students from the Fairview Hardin Valley Schools will attend as their school is being closed. (KNS 1981)

 

 Kindergarten School 1893

Kindergarten School (free) 1891-1892

 

 King's Chapel

for black children, replaced by Maynard, listed as Kings School in 1909

 

 King's Daughters

Free Kindergarden 213 Main Ave (1900 CD)

 

   Klondike Elementary 

1938 In 1963, plans were announced to consolidate White, High Bluff ans Klondike Schools (KNS 1963)

 

 Knox County Industrial School

When the county decided to build a reform school, they purchased about 70 acres from a man named Armstrong. This property was adjacent to the John Tarleton property. They could not build on the Tarleton property because Industrial School did not meet the terms of John Tarleton's will, according to the counties legal advisers.

The Knox County Industrial School was a reform school on Middlebrook Pike. 1897 "As early as February 21, 1897, less than two months after its opening, the Knox County Industrial School was granted the use of the adjoining Tarleton property by the County Court." (FBHC)

In 1904, it had 174 inmates, 121 of which were males. (Source:Prisoners and juvenile delinquents in institutions, John Koren,1904. p.254)

In 1908, it had 189 inmates, 130 of which were male. (Report of the Commissioner of Education, U.S. Government Printing Office, 1911, p. 1294) later a home for underprivileged Children, replaced by John Tarleton in 1933.

In 1933, the description of the Industrial School was changed to conform to John Tarleton's will and the name was changed by an act of the Tennessee General Assembly. It is important to note, than many children were not delinquent, but either orphans or children whose parents could not care for them. The exact numbers of delinquents is unknown. (French Broad Holston County, and other sources)

 

 

Knoxville Baptist Christian

2434 E Fifth Ave Academy founded in 1973

 

 

 Knoxville Christian School (P)

(Church of Christ) Snyder Rd Chartered in 1971

 

 Knoxville Classical School (P)

184 W Main (CD 1890)

 

 Knoxville Colored High School (B)

Green School was built in 1909 under the leadership of Mayor Brooks and Superintendent of School, S. A. Mynders. The school was named in honor of the late Dr. Henry Morgan Green, a well-known and respected citizen of Knoxville. Dr. Green was an alderman from the fifth ward at the time the school was erected.  Green School was initially a primary school, serving only kindergarten through second grade. The first employees were Miss Sylvia Lillson, Principal Teacher, Miss Rosa Sapp (Trent) and Miss Minnie Robinson (Graham).

By 1915, Austin High School on Central Avenue could no longer accommodate its pupils.  An addition to Green School was authorized at a meeting of the Board of City Commissions of Knoxville on June 16, 1915, under the leadership of Mayor S. D. Heiskell. The money was raised to construct this building by a tax levied on all the taxpayers of Knoxville.

 

 

 Knoxville Freedmen's School

The Reverend A. E. Anderson, Superintendent.
This School is supported by the School League of East Tenneesee, and was organised near the end of December. 1865. when the Western Freedmen's Aid Commission flaired up and runaway without paying the colored teachers who were in their employ. Some of the teachers who were employed for
six months, have not yet received one dollar for wages, board, or traveling expenses, while others have not received but about hall what was promised them, and the only reason that has been given, is that the colored teachers would not give up their advanced classes which they had taught before any commission came here, to white teachers ,and take the infant classes, or go back into the country.
The School in Knoxville commenced on the first day of January, 1868. Mr. Charles Brooks of New York, Principal, and Miss Rachel Alexander, of Aberlin, Ohio, and teacher of the normal class, aided by the Superintendent. This Schoolis strictly a free school, no charge have bean made. It is supported by the Free School League of East Tennessee. This League is an association of Freedmen, who tax themselves monthly to bare the expense of the School. They pledge themselves to aid in building school houses, and employing teachers for other neighborhoods as they can obtain the means.
The number of children attending the School is about 160. Daily attendenc about 100. Collections may be sent to Rev. A. E. Anderson, Superintendent, or Charles Brooks, Principal, Knoxville, Tennessee. (Source: Brownlow's Knoxville Whig. (Knoxville, Tenn.), 04 April 1866. Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers. Lib. of Congress. Link )

Knoxville Female Academy

The Knoxville Female Academy was established in 1827, an organization being effected on April 26, by a number of enterprising gentlemen of which Joseph C Strong was elected chairman and FS Heiskell secretary and committees were appointed to secure a suitable building and teachers for the proposed seminary. The school began operations in the following September with John Davis principal and Mrs Davis Miss Morse and Miss Littleford assistants.
 
In October of the same year the academy was incorporated by the legislature with the following board of trustees FS Heiskell, William C Mynatt, William S Howell, SD Jacobs, A McMillan, Dr Joseph C Strong, Hugh L White, Robert King, Robert Houston, Matthew McClung ,Calvin Morgan, William B Reese, M Nelson, James King. James McNutt, James Park, and Daniel Mcintosh. Two lots adjoining each other on Main street were donated for the uses of he academy by Dr Joseph C Strong and Matthew McClung, upon which a building was erected at a cost of about $3,000 and which was completed in January 1829. John Crozier and Charles McClung each contributing $200, and several others contributing $100 each. John Davis having resigned the principalship, he was succeeded by Joseph Estabrook a graduate of Dartmouth College, under whose management the institution was very successful. Principal Estabrook in 1834 being elected to the presidency of East Tennessee College, Henry Herrick became the principal of the academy remained in charge until 1838 and was succeeded by Rev JB Townsend.

Holston Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church having proposed to patronize the school on condition of being permitted to share in its control a meeting of the trustees was held in September, 1841, to take this proposition under consideration. The arrangement made was that the conference should appoint four of the thirteen trustees to which number the trustees were raised and that the conference should also appoint a board of nine visitors the trustees and the board of visitors to constitute a joint board for the election of teachers the academy being thus in effect transferred to the conference. Rev JE Douglass of Alabama was elected principal and under his management the academy was reopened September 1, 1842, Rev Mr Douglass resigned at the end of one year and was succeeded by Rev DR McAnally under whose management the institution was unusually prosperous. In 1846 the charter was so amended as to permit the conferring of degrees, the name was changed to the East Tennessee Female Institute, and in 1847, a movement was started to sever the connection of the institution with the Holston Conference. which movement was at length successful and the institution again placed under the control of the old board of trustees.

 

Knoxville Female Institute

JR Dean was at length elected remaining in charge until 1856 in which year he was succeeded by RL Kirkpatrick who remained in charge until the beginning of the war. After the war the institute was again opened, three trustees Thomas W Humes, Horace Maynard, and George M White, accepting a proposition from John F Spence to open a school provided the building were restored to its former uses by the provost marshal. During the spring of 1866 the school was again in session and Mr Spence remained two years. From that time until 1881 the school was not in session and in this year the building was leased by the board of education for a girls high school and was used for this purpose until 1885. From that time on until 1888 Mrs Lizzie C French conducted therein a flourishing female seminary.

In the years 1889 and 1890, a new building for this institute was erected on Main street No 702 which building is one of the finest school buildings in Knoxville. The building is of brick, the main part being three stories high above the basement. The rooms are large well lighted and ventilated and are well supplied with apparatus books and maps for teaching languages, science, art, and history. The principal of this institute since 1890 has been Charles C Ross.  (Rule) 1891 McClung Photo Link

 

Knoxville Hebrew School

502 East Vine (CD 1907)

 

 

Knoxville High School 

Located on E. Fifth Ave between Central and Lamar St, operated from 1910 to 1951, when it was replaced by four schools: East, West, South and Fulton.  The building was then used for adult education and school administrarion.

 

 

 

L&N STEM Academy

2011 This the first school in the district to focus on science, technology, engineering and mathematics education (KNS)

 

Laurel High School (P)

1539 Laurel Ave 1539 Laurel Ave founded in 1973 (KNS)

 

 

Liberty Hall School

1845 in 13th District,

near Sharp's Creek, replaced by Mount Olive (1895 map)

 

Liberty Hill School

(1895 map area 9)

 

 

Lincoln Park  (H)

Atlantic Ave, nw corner Michigan (CD 1905, 1910. 1915) On Chicamauga in 1921 (CD 1921)approved final plans for school addition (KNS 1950), work was done to fininsh the work necessary when the old building was torn down (KNS 1957)

 

Little Creek Concord

Lowe's Ferry Pike (CD 1941)

 

 

Locket  Elementary

built in 1936 on Scottish Pike, closed in 1970, used for Head Start until 1979 (KNS 1980)

 

Logan Chapel School

before 1869 school for black children in basement of Logan Church

 

Lones or Lonas School

Near the Lones Fire Hall (behand Long's Drugstore),anexed by city in 1917

Lonsdale 

Connecticut Av (CD 1905, 1910, 1915) 1317 Louisiana Ave John McMillan states that the school was built during his administration (1916-1919). (KNS 1923)

Lonsdale High School

Built around 1900, new building erected in 1926. The new auditorium was used for the first time in 1936 (KNS)

Lovell School

also known as Richland School,

1904 photo McClung Link

Lyonton  Academy

 North of Carter School and Lyons Creek Baptist Church Map area 16 (1895 map)

 

 

Lyons View  (H, B)

Lyons View listed in 1910 (CD 1910, 1915) to get a new roof in 1926. (KNS 1926)

 

 Luttrell School

The first Ritta school officially opened on Thanksgiving Day of 1905, when students from Luttrell, Chestnut Grove and Fancy Hill schools marched with their teachers to the new building. Ritta was expanded in 1926 to make room for students transferred from the old Washington School (KNS 1998) Located in map area 3 1895 mapLuttrell School The first Ritta school officially opened on Thanksgiving Day of 1905, when students from Luttrell, Chestnut Grove and Fancy Hill schools marched with their teachers to the new building. Ritta was expanded in 1926 to make room for students transferred from the old Washington School (KNS 1998) Located in map area 3 1895 map