Mount Moriah School at N. Druid Hills Road
Mount Moriah School was located off N. Druid Hills Road in DeKalb County, along Mt. Moriah Road. It was one of the schools established in the first half of the 20th century for Black children to attend school in a time of segregation.
Tuggle Dairy and farmhouse
The white frame house was built in the late 1800s and remained until 1985. A 1984 article in the DeKalb News/Sun titled “Fate of Old Dairy Still Up in the Air” indicates a developer had purchased the 16-acre property.
A Tucker history scavenger hunt
To celebrate Tucker, Georgia’s ten-year anniversary as a city and the U.S. 250th birthday, Tucker came up with a scavenger hunt with ten historic sites to visit. The idea was to take a selfie at each site, then stop by city hall and receive an official ten-year medallion. My neighbor, friend and fellow history fan Debbie Miller found out about this event and mapped out our journey.
1937 Rehoboth School
This photograph of Rehoboth School, constructed of granite in 1937, was taken that same year. The new school was one of those built by the Works Progress Administration or WPA.
More images of early Redan School, DeKalb County
Redan School is described as a standard school in the 1916 publication “Educational Surveys of DeKalb County and Union County, Georgia.” The book defines a standard school as having a good teacher, good order and management, an accurate school register, a daily program posted in the classroom and a teacher’s manual on the desk.
Jim Cherry School of Brookhaven
Jim Cherry Elementary School, at 3007 Hermance Drive was built in 1950 and designed by Wilfred J. Gregson, of Gregson and Ellis Architects. Today the school is DeKalb PATH Academy in Brookhaven.
Oak Grove School, 1916 and 1927
Oak Grove School of DeKalb County is included in the 1916 book, “Educational Surveys of DeKalb County and Union County, Georgia.” Each school has a photo and a general description of the school grounds, building and teachers (or teacher).
Early Georgia teachers trained at “Normal Schools”
Early schoolteachers in Georgia often received their training at what was known as Normal School. Normal Schools were established in Georgia towards the end of the 19th century to prepare teachers to teach elementary aged students. It was usually a two-year program and the term normal referred to establishing clear standards or “norms” for public schools.
Chamblee and Wiley (Wylie) School, 1916 DeKalb school surveys
Another DeKalb County school described in the book is Wiley. Since I was not familiar with Wiley School, I started out by researching the location only to discover I had written about this school before, but under the spelling Wylie.