// Workers AI · dad joke modeWhat did Meacham Elementary School become after a big test? Meacham Elementary Success!
Meacham Elementary School | |
  Location within Florida | |
| Location | 1225 India Street, Tampa, Florida, U.S. |
|---|---|
| Coordinates | 27°57′19″N 82°27′11″W / 27.95528°N 82.45306°W |
| Area | 2.7 acres (1.1 ha) |
| Built | 1926 |
| Architect | I. A. Deminicus |
| Architectural style | Masonry vernacular |
| MPS | Florida's Historic Black Public Schools MPS |
| NRHP reference No. | 05001041[1] |
| Added to NRHP | September 15, 2005 |
Meacham Elementary School (1926–1971) was an elementary school for African American students in the South Nebraska neighborhood of Tampa, Florida.[2] It is listed on the National Register of Historic Places since 2005, and listed as part of the Florida's Historic Black Public Schools Multiple Property Submission since 2003. It was also known as the India Street School, Christina Meacham Elementary School, Meacham Early Childhood School, and the Meacham Alternative School.
History
[edit]The Meacham Elementary School was a two story building designed as masonry vernacular by architect I. A. Deminicus, and built by Louis W. Ross.[3] It was opened in 1926, and named for Christina Meacham, who had served as principal of the Harlem Academy School, the city of Tampa's first Black school.[2][4] Meacham Elementary School was the first modern facility in Tampa constructed for educating Black children.[3] By 1927, it was only one of twenty eight African American schools in the state of Florida.[3] In 1954, the Meacham Elementary School building was enlarged and nearly doubled in size.[3]
Closure and legacy
[edit]
The Meacham Elementary School closed in 1971, and the site became an integrated 6th grade center as part of the state desegregation plan.[3] During the late 1970s the school building was transformed to an early childhood center named Meacham Early Childhood School, serving pre-kindergarten and kindergarten students.[3]
In 2007, the former school building was demolished as part of a housing redevelopment project of the area.[5]
See also
[edit]
References
[edit]- ↑ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. November 2, 2013.
- 1 2 Sokol, Marlene (May 18, 2016). "New plan to replace the historic Meacham school: An urban garden". Tampa Bay Times.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Meacham Elementary School". National Park Service. 2005. Retrieved January 27, 2026. With accompanying pictures
- ↑ Kite-Powell, Rodney (April 22, 2025). "Christina Meacham: Tampa's Unsung Educator". Tampa Magazine. Retrieved January 27, 2026.
- ↑ Morelli, Keith (December 1, 2007). "Historic School Falls But Memories Rise". The Tampa Tribune. pp. 1, 4. – via Newspapers.com.
- 1926 establishments in Florida
- 1971 disestablishments in Florida
- Buildings and structures completed in 1926
- Defunct black public schools in the United States that closed when schools were integrated
- Educational institutions established in 1926
- Educational institutions disestablished in 1971
- Historically segregated African-American schools in Florida
- School buildings on the National Register of Historic Places in Florida
- Schools in Tampa, Florida
- National Register of Historic Places in Tampa, Florida