David T. Howard High School

David T. Howard is a brick school building on John Wesley Dobbs Avenue in the Old Fourth Ward neighborhood. The structure spans multiple floors with numerous classrooms and returned to educational use in 2021 following a major restoration.

The building opened in 1923 as an elementary school and expanded to high school status in 1948. It closed in the 1970s but was restored and reopened as a middle school in recent years.

This institution served as a gathering place for Atlanta's Black community during segregation. It held deep meaning as a center of learning and identity in the Old Fourth Ward neighborhood.

The school building is an active educational facility during weekdays. Visitors should plan accordingly since access may be restricted outside regular school hours for security reasons.

The school is named after David Tobias Howard, a formerly enslaved person who founded Atlanta's first Black-owned bank. He also owned the city's largest Black-operated funeral business, showing his importance to the local economy.

GPS coordinates: 33.75878,-84.36881

Latest update: December 8, 2025 20:02