Demolished-1920- 1410 Pippin Street. Jacksonville, Florida

Mrs. Sadie T. Tillis, First Principal

Oakland Elementary School # 102 was located on an acre of land and constructed in 1920. The school was had 24 classrooms and housed approximately 850 Black children with 27 staff members.   Two of the buildings were temporary frame structures. In 1953 a concrete cafeteria was built.  The date of the school demolition is unknown at this time.

The first principal was Mrs. Tillis. Sadie T. Tillis was an elementary and middle school teacher with a passion for helping her students. We continue to search information about her life and service to her school, community and students.

The automobile depicted here appears to be similar those of the 1940’s Oakland School parking lot photo.

If you visit the area where the school was once placed, there are only fence posts and a cement pad. The woods nearby are thick and the Haines Street expressway runs behind Pippin Street. The Haines Street expressway opened in 1962 following the opening of the Matthews Bridge in 1953.

See you tomorrow,

Nan

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Source: Negro Schools of Duval County 1955-1956, FAMU Collections, Google Map, a personal visit to the area.