William Hooper Councill High School - Saving History

William Hooper Councill High School was founded in 1867, in the basement of Lakeside Methodist Episcopal Church located on Jefferson Street, Huntsville, Alabama. The school was relocated to a frame building on the present site in 1892. A committee headed by the Reverend W. E. Gaston chose the current site .

From 1892-1966, the site was the first and only public high school (grades 1-12) for African-Americans in the city of Huntsville, Alabama. The school was named for the founder of Alabama A&M University, Normal Alabama. The first diplomas were awarded in 1912. A brick structure replaced the original building in 1927. In 1966, William Hooper Councill High School was closed due to public integration, graduating its last class.

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