Bessemer Colored High School
Paul William Dunbar High School, originally Bessemer Colored High School, was a public school for African-American students which operated in Bessemer, Alabama from 1923 to 1980.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: School
- Description: public school for African-American students in Bessemer, Alabama, USA
- Also known as: “Dunbar High School” and “Paul William Dunbar High School”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Southern Railway Terminal Station and Sloss Mines.
Southern Railway Terminal Station
Museum
Photo: Jet Lowe, Public domain.
The Bessemer Hall of History is a museum located in, and devoted to the history of, the city of Bessemer, Alabama. The museum is housed in the former Alabama Great Southern Railroad depot in downtown Bessemer. Southern Railway Terminal Station is situated 1 mile south of Bessemer Colored High School.
Sloss Mines
Mine
The Sloss Mines are a group of mines in southwestern Jefferson County, Alabama, United States. They were established by the Sloss Iron and Steel Company and its successor, the Sloss-Sheffield Iron and Steel Company, at the southern end of Red Mountain. Sloss Mines is situated 1½ miles southeast of Bessemer Colored High School.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Bessemer and Brighton.
Bessemer
Photo: Jet Lowe, Public domain.
Bessemer is a city in Jefferson County, Alabama, United States and a southwestern suburb of Birmingham. The population was 26,019 at the 2020 census, and was estimated to be 25,079 in 2024.
Brighton
Village
Brighton is a city near Birmingham, Alabama, United States and located just east of Hueytown. At the 2020 census, the population was 2,337. It is part of the Birmingham-Hoover Metropolitan Statistical Area, which in 2010 had a population of about 1,128,047, approximately one-quarter of Alabama's population.
Lipscomb
Village
Lipscomb is a city in south central Jefferson County, Alabama. It is part of the Birmingham, Alabama, metropolitan area. At the 2020 census, the population was 2,086. It does not have its own U.S. Post Office or ZIP code, instead sharing the Bessemer ZIP code.
Bessemer Colored High School
- Categories: public school, historic site, school building, and education
- Location: Jefferson, Alabama, South, United States, North America
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Latitude
33.414° or 33° 24′ 50″ northLongitude
-86.9486° or 86° 56′ 55″ westElevation
522 feet (159 metres)Open location code
865MC372+HHOpenStreetMap ID
node 358910446OpenStreetMap feature
amenity=school
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