Old Dillard High School

Florida, United States

Exterior only

Visible from the street; the inside is private.

Phone: +1 754 322 8800

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Built in 1924 by the architectural firm Cayot & Hart under architect John Morris Peterman, the Old Dillard High School in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, was the first permanent school building in Broward County dedicated to Black students. Designed in Mediterranean Revival style, the structure at 1001 Northwest 4th Street served as a landmark institution under principal Joseph A. Ely until 1937. When high school grades relocated to a new facility in 1950, the building transitioned to elementary use and was subsequently renamed Walker Elementary in honor of former principal Clarence C. Walker, Sr. Facing demolition in the late 1980s, the school was preserved through community advocacy and added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1991, establishing it as the oldest surviving Black school in the city and a testament to the educational legacy of James H. Dillard.