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Defunct school for girls in Alabama

Downing Industrial School, also known as Downing Shofner Institute, was a school for girls in Brewton, Alabama.

The school was named for a donor. The school had a string band that was photographed. The campus included C. L. Wiggins Hall. A historical marker commemorates the school's history. The Alabama Department of Archives and History has brochures from the school.

History

The school opened on September 24, 1906, and had nine girl students, three teachers, and a matron. Reverend J. M. Shofner wrote about his life and the school in a small book published in 1919.

References

  1. ^ Staff Reports (November 5, 2008). "Forgotten Trails: Downing Shoffner Institute still teaching lessons". The Brewton Standard.
  2. Conference, Methodist Episcopal Church, South Alabama (January 8, 1900). "Minutes of the Alabama Conference of the M.E. Church, South". The Conference – via Google Books.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  3. "PATRON + "Downing Industrial School for Girls" was ahead of its time – Alabama Pioneers". www.alabamapioneers.com.
  4. "CONTENTdm". digital.archives.alabama.gov.
  5. "CONTENTdm". digital.archives.alabama.gov.
  6. "Downing-Shofner School Historical Marker". www.hmdb.org.
  7. "Announcement and calendar of the Downing Industrial School for Girls in Brewton, Alabama". alabamamosaic.org.
  8. "Catalogs of the Downing Industrial School for Girls in Brewton, Alabama". alabamamosaic.org.
  9. ^ Staff Reports (February 25, 2004). "Shofner founded girls' school". The Brewton Standard.

External links

  • "CONTENTdm". digital.archives.alabama.gov.: Photo collection, State of Alabama Archives


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