Dasher High School

Dasher High School
Location 900 S. Troup St., Valdosta, Georgia
Coordinates 30°49′13″N 83°16′09″W / 30.8202°N 83.2692°W / 30.8202; -83.2692Coordinates: 30°49′13″N 83°16′09″W / 30.8202°N 83.2692°W / 30.8202; -83.2692
Area 4 acres (1.6 ha)
Built 1929 (1929)
Architectural style Tudoresque
NRHP Reference # 85000849[1]
Added to NRHP April 18, 1985
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Valdosta Dasher School

Dasher High School is a historic school in Valdosta, Georgia. Inscribed 1929 in its cornerstone, the school was a high school for African Americans. James L. Lomax, a leader in African American education in Valdosta, served as the school's principal until his retirement in 1967. His adopted son Louis L. Lomax, the first African American broadcast journalist, attended Dasher High School. He was a civil rights activist and died in a 1970 car crash.[2] It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on April 18, 1985. It is located at 900 South Troup Street.

Christian Hermann Dasher

Christian Hermann Dasher (ca. 1786 - 1866) was born in the Salzburger Lutheran settlement of Ebenezer, Georgia founded in the 1730s in Effingham County near Savannah, Georgia. He studied with S.C. Dunning and was baptized as a Baptist. He helped establish many of South Georgia's Stone-Campbell churches.[3]

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References

  1. ↑ Staff (2010-07-09). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
  2. ↑ Valdosta by Michael O. Holt, Arcadia Publishing, 2011 127 pages pages 92, 93
  3. ↑ The Encyclopedia of the Stone-Campbell Movement: Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) Christian Churches/Churches of Christ, Churches of Christ by Douglas Allen Foster, Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing, 2004 854 pages


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