Knox Institute

Knox Institute and Industrial School was a private elementary and secondary school for African American students in Athens, Georgia, United States.

[1] Alumni include Monroe Morton, a builder and real estate businessman whose legacy includes the Morton Building in Athens, and Charles W. Chappelle.

The school was named for Major John J. Knox of the Freedmen's Bureau.

Athens' first African American Postmaster, Madison Davis, was one of those who helped purchase property for the school.

[3][4] It was the first four-year public high school for African Americans in Georgia.