Calhoun Colored School, Educational landmark in Lowndes County, Alabama.

Calhoun Colored School was a private boarding and day school for Black students in Calhoun, Lowndes County, Alabama, about 28 miles southwest of Montgomery. Founded in 1892 by Charlotte Thorn and Mabel Dillingham with Booker T. Washington, it followed the Hampton-Tuskegee industrial model. The principal's house on County Route 53 is the only surviving original building and is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.

Founded in 1892 by New England teachers Charlotte Thorn and Mabel Dillingham with Booker T. Washington of Tuskegee Institute, the Calhoun Colored School opened as a private boarding and day school for Black students. In 1943 the state of Alabama acquired it, and a new public high school later rose on the grounds.

The school's name comes from Calhoun, the Lowndes County community it served, and its students were rural Black children, most from sharecropping families. Booker T. Washington of Tuskegee Institute recruited its two founders at Hampton Institute, and the Hampton-Tuskegee model shaped its teaching: boys trained as farmers and tradesmen, girls as homemakers, laundresses or dressmakers, with the best students encouraged to become teachers.

The principal's house stands on County Route 53 in Calhoun, about 28 miles (45 km) southwest of Montgomery. The surrounding campus is now occupied by a public high school run by the Lowndes County Board of Education, so the house is seen from the road rather than toured.

The school operated a land acquisition program that helped around 85 black families purchase their own property. This was an unusual and forward-thinking effort for its era, providing economic independence within the community.