Pepperell Village School

Pepperell Village School

A factory community appeared after the opening of Pepperell Manufacturing Company’s Opelika textile mill in 1925. A school founded in the new neighborhood under the aegis of the county school system served the first- through sixth-grade students of white mill workers. Sometime in the 1930s, the scho...

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Main Author: Taylor McGaughy
Format: Electronic
Published: Auburn University Libraries
Subjects:
Cultural resources
Online Access:https://omeka.lib.auburn.edu/items/show/28
format Electronic
collection Alabama Cultural Resource Survey Collection
building Auburn University
publisher Auburn University Libraries
topic Cultural resources
spellingShingle Cultural resources
Pepperell Village School
Taylor McGaughy
fulltopic Cultural resources
Education; Lee County, AL; Pepperell Village School; Opelika, AL; Pepperell Manufacturing Company; Textile Production; Henry G. Clift High School
description A factory community appeared after the opening of Pepperell Manufacturing Company’s Opelika textile mill in 1925. A school founded in the new neighborhood under the aegis of the county school system served the first- through sixth-grade students of white mill workers. Sometime in the 1930s, the school added seventh-, eighth-, and ninth-grade curricula. Children in the community too old to attend Pepperell Village School were zoned for Henry G. Clift High School.
spelling Pepperell Village SchoolTaylor McGaughyEducation; Lee County, AL; Pepperell Village School; Opelika, AL; Pepperell Manufacturing Company; Textile Production; Henry G. Clift High SchoolA factory community appeared after the opening of Pepperell Manufacturing Company’s Opelika textile mill in 1925. A school founded in the new neighborhood under the aegis of the county school system served the first- through sixth-grade students of white mill workers. Sometime in the 1930s, the school added seventh-, eighth-, and ninth-grade curricula. Children in the community too old to attend Pepperell Village School were zoned for Henry G. Clift High School.Alabama Cultural Resource SurveyTaylor McGaughy2014-11-26Still Image and TextJPEG and Texthttps://omeka.lib.auburn.edu/items/show/28Image Source: http://ohsclassof52.bizland.com/id321.html Text Source: The Heritage of Lee County Book Committee, The Heritage of Lee County, Alabama (Clanton, AL: Heritage Publishing Consultants, 2000), 43.English
title Pepperell Village School
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author Taylor McGaughy
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url https://omeka.lib.auburn.edu/items/show/28
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