Industrial High School (West Palm Beach, Florida)
Industrial High School is a former high school located at 800 11th St., West Palm Beach, Florida. The building is currently used by U. B. Kinsey/Palmview Elementary School. It opened in 1914 as the first high school for African Americans in Palm Beach County; the last class graduated in 1950, when a new school for African Americans, Roosevelt Junior-Senior High School, opened.[1] It was the "center of attention" for the black community "that straddled Tamarind Avenue."[2] (See Northwest Historic District.)
References
[edit]- ^ Florida Department of State, Division of Historical Resources (2007). Florida Black Heritage Trail. p. 55.
- ^ Musgrave, Jane (June 12, 2010). "Industrial High School graduates gather for 65th reunion". Palm Beach Post.[permanent dead link]
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- Buildings and structures in West Palm Beach, Florida
- Historically segregated African-American schools in Florida
- 1914 establishments in Florida
- 1950 disestablishments in Florida
- Defunct public schools in Palm Beach County, Florida
- Defunct black public schools in the United States that closed when schools were integrated
- Defunct public high schools in Florida