Brumfield High School
Mississippi Landmark No. 001-NAT-0968-NR-ML[1]
Brumfield High School building (2019)
Brumfield High School is located in Mississippi
Brumfield High School
Location100 St. Catherine Street, Natchez, Adams County, Mississippi, U.S.
Coordinates31°33′27″N 91°23′33″W / 31.557382°N 91.392528°W / 31.557382; -91.392528
Built1925
ArchitectWilliam Steintenroth
NRHP reference No.93001139[2]
USMS No.001-NAT-0968-NR-ML[1]
Significant dates
Added to NRHPOctober 21, 1993
Designated USMSJanuary 7, 1993

Brumfield High School, formerly G. W. Brumfield School, was a segregated public high school for African American students built in 1925 and closed in 1990; located in Natchez, Mississippi.[2]

It has been listed as a Mississippi Landmark since January 7, 1993;[1] and as a National Register of Historic Place for architecture, education, and cultural heritage since October 21, 1993.[2]

History

The first African American public school in the city of Natchez was Union School, built in 1871.[2][3] However Union School (K-12 public school) only had 13 rooms and could not accommodate the demand.[3] By 1925, Brumfield High School was opened to alleviate the overcrowding issues.[3] Natchez High School (at 64 Homochitto Street, a former location) was built a few years after Brumfield School in 1927, and was specifically designed as a public high school for white students-only.[2]

The Brumfield High School was a two-story brick brick building designed by architect William Steintenroth in a Classical Revival style.[2][4] The school namesake was George Washington Brumfield (1866–1927) who had taught classes at the Union School and served as a principal, after his arrival to Natchez in the 1890s.[2][5][6] Brumfield was also the Sunday school teacher at Zion Chapel African Methodist Episcopal Church (Zion Chapel AME Church), located near the campus.[2] In 1935, the graduating class was 40 students.[7]

In 1970, Brumfield School remained racially segregated at the classroom-level, with white students and white teachers in one room versus black students with a black teachers in another.[8] The school was closed in 1990, and the city invested one million dollars into converting the former school campus into apartments for welfare recipients, the Brumfield School Apartments.[9][10]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Mississippi Landmarks" (PDF). Mississippi Department of Archives and History. May 2008. Archived from the original (PDF) on October 9, 2010. Retrieved January 10, 2023.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Brumfield High School". National Park Service. Retrieved January 10, 2023. With accompanying pictures
  3. 1 2 3 "Abandoned High School in Mississippi". Historic Structures. Retrieved 2023-01-10.
  4. ↑ "Brumfield High School". NPGallery Digital Asset Management System.
  5. ↑ "Board of Aldermen". Natchez Democrat. 1902-06-07. p. 6. Retrieved 2023-01-11. G. W. Brumfield, principal
  6. ↑ "Natchez to Have New High School". Clarion-Ledger. 1928-01-19. p. 2. Retrieved 2023-01-11.
  7. ↑ "Brumfield School Has Graduation". Clarion-Ledger. 1935-06-02. p. 12. Retrieved 2023-01-11.
  8. ↑ "Natchez Black Leaders Score School Plan". The Los Angeles Times. 1970-01-18. p. 82. Retrieved 2023-01-11.
  9. ↑ "City becomes model of urban renewal". Clarion-Ledger. 1995-07-09. p. 33. Retrieved 2023-01-11.
  10. ↑ "Three Towns Most Livable". The Clarksdale Press Register. 1995-06-29. p. 5. Retrieved 2023-01-11.

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