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• Mountain Creek Elementary
  Mountain Creek Elementary School, built 1911-1912, closed in 1989. Designed by R. H. Hunt Co., built by Mark K. Wilson Co. Part of Signal Mountain (Walden Ridge) visible in background. Building now used by ProStorage (2016.)
• McCallie School
  Aerial view of McCallie School, founded in 1905 as a private boys preparatory school.The headmaster's house is visible on the right; also visible is the entrance to one of the McCallie Tunnels, this one constructed 1907-1913. The second tunnel was not built until 1952-1955. Portion of Brainerd visible at top of image. The first address of the school was 2850 McCallie Avenue; changed to 500 Dodds Avenue in 1993.
• Lookout Mountain Educational Institution
  Lookout Mountain Educational Institution, also known as Roberts College, was founded by Christopher Robert. It opened May 15, 1866 and closed June 1, 1972.
• James County High School
  James County High School, located at 521 Hickory Street in Ooltewah, Tennessee, was built in 1910 and was renamed Ooltewah High School when James County ceased to exist in 1919 and once again became part of Hamilton County. An addition was built in 1929 and in 1973 the school relocated to its current location at 6123 Mountain View Road in Ooltewah.
• Howard High School
  Howard High School originated in 1882 and was at 10th and Carter Street from 1919 until 1954; it has operated at several locations and is presently (2016) at Market and 25th Street. The school is said to have been named in honor of General Oliver Otis Howard, a mathematics profeesor at West Point Military Academy. The school was initially an elementary school; in 1883 high school courses were added to the curriculum.
• Hemlock Elementary School
  Hemlock Elementary School, located at East 12th Street and Highland Park Avenue. Built in 1910 and closed in 1982.
• Hemlock School with addition
  Hemlock School, located at East 12th Street and Highland Park Avenue. Designed by architect W. A. Goswell, the school was built in 1910 by the Mark K. Wilson Company. The school closed in 1982.
• Hardy Junior High School
  Hardy Junior High School located at 2115 Dodson Avenue in Chattanooga, Tennessee, was designed by R. H. Hunt & Company and built by the Mark K. Wilson Company in 1926. Photo published in Buildings By Wilson Since 1912. Address now the location of Hardy Elementary School, constructed in 2001.
• Graysville School
  Located in the Graysville community in Rhea County, Tennessee, the school was established in 1919 and replaced in 1960 by a new school building, according to a published history of Rhea County churches and schools. Robert Kemmer is seated on the steps. The 1916 date is written in pencil on verso and does not agree with the founding date in the published history.
• Glenwood School
  Published in Buildings by Wilson Since 1912. Designed by local architect Clarence T. Jones, the school was constructed in 1930 and last listed in the Chattanooga city directory in 1971 as an elementary school. The property was eventually sold to Memorial Hospital and the building was razed.
• GPS May Day
  Students participating in the annual May Day celebration at Girls Preparatory School located at 205 Island Avenue in North Chattanooga. Shown top row, left to right: Barbara Willingham, Phyllis & Charlotte Patten, Anne Chambliss; bottom row, left to right: Carol Folts, Anne Gayle Norwell, Julia Wilson, Anne Harper, Cynthia Craig, Allison Stem. Photo possibly taken May 1, 1953.
• GPS May Day celebration
  Seventh-grade students at Girls Preparatory School participating in the annual May Day celebration. Seated on grass, left to right, are Sarah Forrest Cooper, Jean Starr, Jurand Light, Keating Griffiss. Fourth from right is Mary Alice Currey.
• GPS May Day Dance
  Girls Preparatory School students gathering outside the school building for the annual May Day celebration. Several of the students are accompanied by partners, possibly male students at McCallie School.
• GPS May Day Dance
  May Day celebration at Girls Preparatory School, 1951. School is located at 205 Island Avenue in North Chattanooga.
• GPS May Day
  May Day celebration at Girls Preparatory School, 1951. Shown are: standing, Nancy Duke (Queen), Sally McCoy (Herald) and Gordon Viall; seated, left to right, Sarah Jane Murphy, Helen Kawsnik, Madeline Cook, and Betsy Montague
• Girls Preparatory School
  May Day celebration at Girls Preparatory School, 1951. Shown are Sally McCoy, Queen (standing) and Nancy Duke, Maid of Honor (seated.) GPS is a private school located at 205 Island Avenue in North Chattanooga.
• Girls Preparatory School
  Two images, mounted on the same backing sheet as 00006096 and 00001714: 1. Interior shot of the new GPS school building dedicated in 1947, located at 205 Island Avenue in North Chattanooga. 2. Back of the exterior of the new GPS school building with balconies for two levels. Unidentified students in both images.
• Girls Preparatory School
  Exterior shot of the front of the new Girls Preparatory School building, dedicated in 1947. Now located at 205 Island Avenue in North Chattanooga, the school was founded in 1906 by Grace McCallie, Tommie Payne Duffy, and Eula Lea Jarnagin. Pasted on backing sheet with images 00001714 and 00006097.
• East Side Junior High
  East Side Junior High, located at 2200 East Main Street in Chattanooga, Tennessee, opened in 1917 and closed in 1989. The first principal was N. C. Carr; there were fifteen other teachers on the faculty the first year. Chattanoogans Inc. stamp on verso.
• Fairmount Academy
  Fairmount Academy was a one-room "subscription school" founded in 1858. It closed during the Civil War and Reconstruction period but reopened in 1869. The building was also used as a church. In 1911 Fairmount Elementary opened in a new building and was itself replaced by Bachman Elementary in 1938. The original structure burned in 1946.
• East Ridge School
  East Ridge School located at 1014 John Ross Road in East Ridge, Tennessee. Designed by Jones and Hunt, Architects, and built by Mark K. Wilson Company. Building currently (2016) houses East Ridge Elementary School.
• Faculty and students of Dickinson Junior High
  Dickinson Junior High School, located at 413 East 8th Street. Building previously housed Chattanooga High School from 1905-1921; junior high closed in 1959. Col. L. T. Dickinson in center on Principal Carl Grever's right. Some transparent tape across top of image; image silvering out near bottom.
• Daisy Grammar School
  Daisy Grammar School, built 1911-1912, located in Daisy, Tennessee. Designed by J. D. Alsup and constructed by Mark K. Wilson Company. Replaced in 1980 by newly-constructed Daisy Elementary School. The town of Daisy is now part of Soddy-Daisy, formed when the two towns incorporated in 1969.
• Chattanooga High School
  Aerial view of nearly-completed Chattanooga High School located at 1301 Dallas Road, in North Chattanooga. Now called the Center for Creative Arts, Chattanooga High School has been in several different locations since it began in 1874. The current site was previously called Wheland Hill, having been purchased by the city of Chattanooga from the family of Z. W. Wheland in 1961. The school was commonly known as City High. Chattanooga Convention & Visitors Bureau stamp on verso.
• Chattanooga High School
  East 3rd Street and Riverside Drive; this building also known as Wyatt Hall, now Chattanooga School for the Arts and Sciences. Wings added 1937-1963. Chattanooga High School, now called Chattanooga School for the Creative Arts (as of 2016) presently located at 1301 Dallas Road in North Chattanooga.