Central High School Timeline
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J.C. (Jim) Tumblin, OD, DOS
3604 Kesterwood Drive, East
Knoxville, Tennessee 37918-2557
(865) 687-1948
Holbrook Normal College, Circa 1895
TIMELINE
CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOL, FOUNTAIN CITY, TENNESSEE
|
YEAR |
EVENT |
REFERENCE (see below) (Page number included) |
|
1892-1896 |
Josiah Holbrook arrives in Fountain City to become founding President of Holbrook Normal College for four years |
HOFC (67) |
|
1893-1900 |
Holbrook Normal College established on future site of Central High School |
IOA-FC (45) |
|
1893 |
Holbrook holds first classes on September 4, 1893 |
HOFC (66), IOA-FC (45), CHS&HA (4) |
|
1900 |
Tennessee Baptist Association buys Holbrook buildings and grounds to establish Tennessee Normal College |
HOFC (66), IOA-FC (45) |
|
1900 |
Holbrook Main Building burns, only two months after purchased on August 12 |
HOFC (66), IOA-FC (45) |
|
1900 |
E.E. Patton graduates from Holbrook Normal College |
IOA-FC (45) |
|
1902 |
Hassie K. Gresham graduates from Holbrook/Tennessee Normal College |
IOA-FC (45) |
| C1904 | Tennessee Normal College is closed | To be verified |
|
1906 |
Knox County purchases old Holbrook-Tennessee Normal College buildings and 13-acre campus for a new county high school to be called Central High School |
HOFC (68), IOA-FC (49) |
| 1906 | Walter E. Miller chosen first principal of CHS | CHS-C (1971) |
|
1906 |
Central High School now occupies the building and admits first class of 134 (1st week in September) |
EHCHS, HO-CHS (1), CHS&HA (1) |
|
1908 |
1st CHS Graduating Class of 22 (5 boys and 17 girls) (Sequoyah, the CHS Yearbook, was first published) |
S-1978 (2) |
|
1911 |
W.E. Miller becomes Knoxville City Schools superintendent |
EH-CHS |
|
1911-1918 |
J. Frank Davidson becomes second Principal of CHS |
CHS-C (1971) |
|
1913 or 1914 |
Auditorium floor collapses, Prof. Patton recognizes sway and orders students out and no injuries result |
HOFC (68-9) |
|
1916 (or 1917-1918) |
New Fountain City Grammar School built adjoining (Formerly stood where 1st Baptist Church now stands) (Structure was later used as the CHS Annex) |
HOFC (70), IOA-FC (63) |
|
1918-1919 |
E.E. Patton becomes CHS third Principal |
CHS-C (1971) |
|
1919-1947 |
Miss Hassie K. Gresham (1877-1970) becomes fourth CHS Principal |
IOA-FC (45), CHS-C (1971) |
|
1931 |
Old Holbrook/Tennessee Normal College building demolished and replaced |
HOFC (64) |
|
1931 |
New CHS Main Building occupied (Baumann and Baumann, Architects) |
IOA-FC (60) |
|
1947-1949 |
Leonard H. Brickey becomes fifth Principal |
CHS-C (1971) |
|
1949-1957 |
Harvey G. Loy becomes sixth Principal |
CHS-C (1971) |
|
1958-1982 |
Dan Y. Boring becomes seventh Principal |
|
|
1967 |
After May 23 the old CHS Annex no longer used (Condemned and razed in June 1967) |
HOFC (70) |
|
1967 |
CHS enrollment reaches 1591 with 67 faculty members |
HO-CHS (2) |
|
1971 |
New CHS Building with Loggia built (Barber and McMurry Architects, Cost $6 Million) |
HOFC (71), (IOA-FC (60) |
|
1971 |
CHS enrollment now 1400 and 16 new courses are added to make CHS a comprehensive high school |
HO-CHS (2) |
|
1982-1992 |
Rex Stooksbury becomes eighth principal |
|
|
1992-2002 |
Pat Mashburn becomes ninth principal |
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|
2002-Present |
Jon Miller becomes tenth principal |
|
| 2006 | 100th Anniversary Celebrated |
References:
CHS-C= CHS Centralite, 1966
CHS&HA= "Central High School and Her Ancestors": N.L. Hicks, Centralite, Vol. 8, No. 1 (1940)
EH-CHS= Central High School Sequoyah, "Early History of CHS": W.E. Miller (1927)
FBHC= French Broad-Holston Country: Mary U. Rothrock, Editor (1946 and 1972)
HKKC= Historic Knoxville and Knox County: Russ Manning and Sondra Jamieson (1990)
HO-CHS= "History of Central High School": Barbara Collins and Audrey Ford, CHS Librarians (C1980)
HOFC= History of Fountain City: Nannie Lee Hicks (2000)
HOV= Heart of the Valley: Lucille Deaderick, Editor (1976)
IOA-FC= Images of America, Fountain City: J. Tumblin and M. Hinshilwood (2004)
KCT-AHIP= Knox County Tennessee (A History in Pictures), Betsey Creekmore (1988)
PHMT= Postcard History-Knoxville, Tennessee: Elena Zimmerman (1998)
S-1978= Halls Shopper, "1st CHS Class Marks 70th Year": David Babelay, February 1, 1978
S-1980= Halls Shopper, July 15, 1980
Timeline4-CHS.doc (1/04/06, revised 2/28/06 )
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