Holloway High School, 1929-1968

Holloway began as a department of another school. Bradley's high school was organized in 1918 under P. S. Jones, grew to four years in 1924 under S. G. Greene, and met in a rented hall on East State Street until the brick building opened in December 1929, at a cost of $20,400, for 140 students. Accreditation came in stages: Class A in 1934, the Southern Association in 1935, Class B by 1948, then re-accredited by 1954. Ninth graders integrated with Central in 1964, and the building later served as Central Annex.

What the plaque says

Holloway High School 1929-1968 In 1929 Holloway High School was erected on this site for African American students in Rutherford County. It was named in honor of local attorney, Mr. E. C. Holloway, who advocated for improving African American schools in the county. The last Rosenwald School constructed in the county, the school received donations from the African-American community, state and local appropriations, and Rosenwald Funds. The first principal, Mr. S. G. Green, served from 1929 to 1949. Mr. J. H. Stevens followed Green and served from 1949 to 1964. The last principal to serve at the original Holloway High for African Americans was Mr. Collier Woods, who served from 1964 to 1968. Holloway High School closed in 1968 due to mandatory school desegregation.

Where it stands

Worth the stop nearby

• Stones River National Battlefield — 3.7 mi
  The Murfreesboro battlefield of December 1862, with a national cemetery built by Black soldiers, a Trail of Tears route and the story of the freedmen's settlement called Cemetery.
• Tennessee Walking Horse National Celebration — 24 mi
  The Shelbyville show grounds where the Tennessee Walking Horse has been crowned world grand champion each late summer since 1939, and where the practice of soring is part of the story.
• Henry Horton State Park — 25 mi
  A Duck River park on Governor Henry Horton's former farm in Marshall County, with a mill ruin from 1845, kayak floats and the grave of a governor the House declined to impeach.
• Old Stone Fort State Archaeological Park — 29 mi
  A 2,000-year-old enclosure of piled stone and earth on the bluffs above the forks of the Duck River, built by Native people between about 80 and 550 A.D., with a museum and waterfall trails.

More markers nearby

• Mary Ellen Vaughan — steps away
• Bradley Academy — steps away
• Dr. James Robertson Patterson — steps away
• Oaklands — steps away