Secondary Industrial School

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Secondary Industrial School
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Location1112 29th St., Columbus, Georgia
Coordinates 32°29′21″N84°58′41″W / 32.48917°N 84.97806°W / 32.48917; -84.97806 (Secondary Industrial School)
Area4.2 acres (1.7 ha)
Built1906
Architect J.W. Golucke & Co.
Architectural style Beaux Arts
NRHP reference No. 80001199 [1]
Added to NRHPApril 9, 1980

The Secondary Industrial School in Columbus, Georgia is a historic school built in 1906. It was the first secondary-level industrial/vocational school in the United States: it "has been called the nation's first public-supported, coeducational industrial high school." [2] Located at 1112 29th St., the building was designed by J.W. Golucke & Co. in Beaux Arts style. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1980. [1]

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It has also been known as S.I.S., as Columbus Junior High, and as Jordan Vocational High.

It was a project of Carleton B. Gibson, who became Superintendent of schools in Columbus in 1896. [2]

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  1. 1 2 "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. November 2, 2013.
  2. 1 2 Kenneth H. Thomas, Jr.; Richard R. Cloues (January 11, 1980). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Secondary Industrial School / Columbus Junior High, 1939; currently Jordan Vocational Night School". National Park Service . Retrieved June 25, 2018. With accompanying 10 photos from 1979
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