Dasher High School

Dasher High School is a historic school in Valdosta, Georgia, United States that served African Americans.

Dasher High School
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
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Location	900 S. Troup St., Valdosta, Georgia
Coordinates	30°49′13″N 83°16′09″W
Area	4 acres (1.6 ha)
Built	1929 (1929)
Architect	Greer, Lloyd; Bray, J.N., Co.
Architectural style	Tudoresque
NRHP reference No.	85000849[1]
Added to NRHP	April 18, 1985

Detail

Valdosta Dasher School

Inscribed 1929 in its cornerstone, the school was a high school for African Americans. James L. Lomax, a leader in African American education in Valdosta, served as the school's principal until his retirement in 1967. His adopted son Louis L. Lomax, the first African American broadcast journalist, attended Dasher High School. He was a civil rights activist and died in a car accident in 1970.^[2]

The school's football team won a Georgia Interscholastic Association Class A football championship in 1953.^[3]

The building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on April 18, 1985. It is located at 900 South Troup Street.

See also

• school portal
• United States portal
• Georgia (U.S. state) portal

• National Register of Historic Places listings in Lowndes County, Georgia