AFRICAN AMERICAN SCHOOL BUILDING REVIVAL
St. Tammany High School
St. Tammany Parish
St. Tammany High School can be traced back to August 1921, when the old St. Tammany Parish Training School was built. Unfortunately, it was destroyed by a fire caused by a wood-burning stove used to provide heat for the school. A new brick building was constructed on the same site soon after in the late 1930s. This was the first secondary educational school in St. Tammany Parish for Black students. The school kept its name of St. Tammany Parish Training School from 1921 until 1952, when its name was changed to St. Tammany High School. This school’s last graduating class was in 1969. Following integration, St. Tammany High School was renamed St. Tammany Junior High School, and remains in operation today, although not in the historic school building. The original brick buildings were demolished between 2007 and 2009 after sustaining damage from Hurricane Katrina in 2005, but the gymnasium and a long linear classroom building from around 1952 were spared and remain in use. The new Brooks Educational Complex campus was built on the historic school site and was named in honor of Dr. Robert C. Brooks, who spent 40 years as an educator, coach, and principal of St. Tammany Parish Training School. St. Tammany Junior High School remains in operation across the street from Brooks Educational Complex.
St. Tammany High School
OPENED: 1952
CLOSED: 1969
OTHER NAMES OF SCHOOL: St. Tammany Parish Training School
DATE OF DEMOLITION: Between 2007-2009
CURRENT USE OF SITE: Middle school
701 Cleveland Avenue
Slidell, LA 70458
