Historic Oakland High School

Historic Oakland High School (HM24A6)

Location: Haines City, FL 33844 Polk County
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Country: United States of America
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N 28° 7.215', W 81° 37.342'

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The Oakland School opened on this site in 1928. The school accommodated first through eighth grades. It operated with funds from the county school board and the Julius Rosenwald Foundation, a charitable organization that provided access to education for African Americans in the South. Black high school students in Haines City were required to travel to schools in Bartow or Lakeland until 1930, when the Oakland School was accredited as a senior high school. Its first graduation class of four students matriculated that same year. As one of five black high schools in the county, the renamed Oakland High served students from the neighboring towns of Loughman, Davenport, Dundee, Lake Hamilton, and unincorporated northeast Polk County. The school expanded in 1952 to include a gymnasium, auditorium/cafeteria, dedicated elementary school, and industrial arts and home economics building. The campus spanned from Avenue D to Avenue E, bordered by 11th Street on the east and 8th Street on the west. After the passage of the 1964 Civil Rights Act and public school integration, Oakland High closed in 1968. Many of the school buildings were razed in 1977, but the music building still remains as part of Oakland Neighborhood Center.
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HM NumberHM24A6
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Year Placed2017
Placed ByThe Oakland High Alumni, Inc., and the Florida Department of State
Marker ConditionNo reports yet
Date Added Tuesday, January 2nd, 2018 at 7:04am PST -08:00
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UTM (WGS84 Datum)17R E 438874 N 3110679
Decimal Degrees28.12025000, -81.62236667
Degrees and Decimal MinutesN 28° 7.215', W 81° 37.342'
Degrees, Minutes and Seconds28° 7' 12.9" N, 81° 37' 20.52" W
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Area Code(s)863
Which side of the road?Marker is on the right when traveling South
Closest Postal AddressAt or near 1300-1398 Dr martin Luther King Jr Way, Haines City FL 33844, US
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