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This postcard shows the Joseph Brown Junior High School, built in 1924 and located at 765 Peeples St. SW in the West End neighborhood. Google map
The school was designed by
Pringle & Smith, the local architecture firm that would
eventually be responsible for the
Cox-Carlton Hotel (1925), the
Rhodes-Haverty
building (1929), the
William-Oliver
building (1930), and the
W.
W. Orr medical building (1930). The building was
named after Joseph E. Brown (1821 - 1894), who served as
Governor of Georgia during the Civil War. Additionally
he was one of the founders of the Atlanta Public School system
and began service as the first President of the Atlanta
Board Of Education in 1869. Also worth noting is the
fact that there is a
statue of Brown
on the lawn of the State
Capitol. Google
map
Above: a portrait of Governor Joseph E. Brown, borrowed from the Atlanta History Center.
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