Peabody School, also known as Peabody High School, is a former

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for African Americans on Herman Avenue in Eastman,

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. Built in 1938, it was designed by Eastman-born American

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Edward Columbus Hosford Edward Columbus Hosford, also known as Edward C. Hosford and E. C. Hosford, (April 24, 1883 – January 2, 1939) was an American architect noted for the courthouses and other buildings that he designed in Florida, Georgia and Texas. Early l ...

, who is noted for the courthouses and other buildings that he designed in

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and

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. The brick building's design includes elements of the

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style. The segregated school educated the African-American high school students of Eastman and most other parts of Dodge County. In 1950, the school became an elementary school serving grades 1 through 8 after a new high school opened. It was closed in 1970 and its students were integrated into

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and other formerly all-white public schools in Dodge County. On November 20, 2004, the building was added to the

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. It was vacant at the time. The school, which is owned by the United Concerned Citizens of Dodge County, received a $16,000 grant for its rehabilitation in the same year. The school competed in the

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and won girls Class A state basketball championships.

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Dodge County High School history
{{Registered Historic Places School buildings on the National Register of Historic Places in Georgia (U.S. state) Buildings and structures in Dodge County, Georgia Edward Columbus Hosford buildings Colonial Revival architecture in Georgia (U.S. state) National Register of Historic Places in Dodge County, Georgia

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