Gold Hill School

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Title

Gold Hill School

Subject

Education; Lee County, AL; Gold Hill School; Chambers County; Robertson, Nathaniel; Gold Hill Methodist Church

Description

Located in northwestern Lee County, the Gold Hill community coalesced during the mid-1830s. Originally located in Chambers County, the settlement fell within Lee County’s boundaries after its 1866 inception. Resident Nathaniel Robertson donated land near the Gold Hill Methodist Church for the establishment of a schoolhouse around 1870. Although no building remains today, when Gold Hill School existed it lay across Lee County Road 93 from the Methodist church. The school served the small community for several years, but closed due to a lack of students. The school reopened in 1915, but again ceased operations in 1922.

Creator

Taylor McGaughy

Source

Text Sources: Alexander Nunn, Lee County and Her Forebears (Montgomery, AL: Herff Jones, 1983), 21-23.

The Heritage of Lee County Book Committee, The Heritage of Lee County, Alabama (Clanton, AL: Heritage Publishing Consultants, 2000), 36.

Publisher

Alabama Cultural Resource Survey

Date

2014-11-26

Contributor

Taylor McGaughy

Format

Text

Language

English

Type

Text