Frederick Douglass High School (Columbia, Missouri)

Frederick Douglass High School is an alternative public high school located in Columbia, Missouri. Douglass enrolls students 9-12 from throughout the Columbia Public Schools District. The school competes in MSHSAA 4A. Their sports include basketball and track and field. The school differs from typical high schools due to providing programs including child development and parenting classes and a day care facility. It was built in 1917, and is a two-story, Classical Revival style brick building on a raised basement. The building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1980 as Fred Douglass School.[4] Recently, it was closed, restored, and modernized, reopening in the Fall of 2017. It is one of four High Schools in the Columbia Public School District.

Fredrick Douglass High School
Location

United States
Information
TypePublic Secondary
Established1916[1]
School districtColumbia Public Schools
PrincipalEryca Neville[2]
Grades9-12
Enrollment108[3]
Campus typeUrban
Color(s)Blue and White
AthleticsBasketball
Athletics conferenceIndependent
MascotBulldog
Information(573) 214-3680
Websiteofficial site
Fred Douglass School
Location310 N. Providence Rd., Columbia, Missouri
Coordinates38°57′18″N 92°19′59″W
Arealess than one acre
Built1917 (1917)
Architectural styleClassical Revival
MPSSocial Institutions of Columbia's Black Community TR
NRHP reference No.80002310[4]
Added to NRHPSeptember 4, 1980

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