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Lewis High School (Macon, Georgia)
High school in Georgia, USA
Lewis High School was a school serving African American students in Macon, Georgia. Organized and funded by the American Missionary Association,[1] it was named for General John R. Lewis, the leader of the Freedmen's Bureau in Georgia.[2]
William Sanders Scarborough attended the school and returned to teach at it. He also met his wife at the school, she was a teacher.[3]
The school was destroyed by arsonists in 1876.[2] It was rebuilt. It was training teachers by 1884.[4] It became Lewis Normal Institute in 1885 and Ballard Normal School in 1888 for donor Stephen A. Ballard.[5] His support helped fund a new building constructed for it in 1889 as well as a dormitory for girls funded by his sister.[6]
The school was relocated to a new alnost 5-acre campus in 1916 after the city purchased the existing site for the expansion of a hospital.[2][6] By 1923 it was accredited by the Georgia Department of Education. It became a public high school in 1942. In 1949 the school district discontinued use of the school building and it was sold for use as a community center in 1950.[2]
