Shows One of the Side Entrances to the Original School Building
Lee Society in 1913
Home Economics Room in 1965
New Look for Class of 1966
Summer of 1965
Construction Site for Central on Dodds Avenue
Construction began in 1906 on the site of the powerhouse and car barn of Chattanooga Electric Railway.
Origin of Central High School of Hamilton County
Information from one of the original placards at the entrance on the Dodds Avenue building.
Placard was relocated to the new school building on Hwy 58.
CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOL
OF
HAMILTON COUNTY
ERECTED UNDER LEGISLATIVE
ACT OF 1899 AND BY RESOLUTION
OF THE COUNTY COURT
APRIL TERM 1906
SETH M. WALKER – COUNTY JUDGE
R. L. JONES – COUNTY SUP’T
T. S. MOODY – GENERAL CONTRACTOR
CHAS E. SMITH – STONE
ALLEN & CURRY – BRICK
ADAMS & ALSUP ARCHITECTS
Research by Buffy Hoge
Original Placards Moved to Central on Hwy 58
Placards at Entrance of Central on Dodds Avenue
Central on Dodds Avenue
Very few photos capture the interior better than this one.
Central ROTC Paches
I am in process of remodeling our kitchen. While emptying the cabinet drawers (all 12) in prep to refinish the drawer fronts, I found these patches. The should stir up some memories. Marvin Blair
Bellamy Award Program
Bellamy Award Program
Courtesy of Jeanette Ramsey Huddleston
Central’s First Homecoming Queen
New Historical Video Gallery
Click on the link in the header to check it out.
Central’s First May Queen
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(Research by Charlie Sedman)
Preservation of Chattanooga Central History 