The Demopolis Public School also known as Demopolis Junior High School is a historic

public school Public school may refer to: * State school (known as a public school in many countries), a no-fee school, publicly funded and operated by the government * Public school (United Kingdom), certain elite fee-charging independent schools in England an ...

building in the city of Demopolis, Alabama. It was designed by architect Frank Lockwood in the Beaux-Arts style and was completed in 1914. The new two-story brick building replaced an earlier two-story Queen Anne style wood-frame structure that was built in 1889 and burned in 1913. The contractors for the new building were J.T. Clancy and W.M. Neely. The building continued as a part of the Demopolis City School System until it closed its doors in June 1981.Marengo County Heritage Book Committee: ''The heritage of Marengo County, Alabama'', page 4. Clanton, Alabama: Heritage Publishing Consultants, 2000. The school was added to the National Register of Historic Places on October 28, 1983. The building now houses a theater group, the Canebrake Players. The site was previously occupied by Marengo Military Academy building, which was destroyed by fire in 1913.

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National Register of Historic Places in Marengo County, Alabama School buildings on the National Register of Historic Places in Alabama Beaux-Arts architecture in Alabama School buildings completed in 1914 Defunct schools in Alabama Educational institutions disestablished in 1981 1914 establishments in Alabama {{Alabama-NRHP-stub