[2] The high school building is extant and is listed on the Alabama Register of Landmarks and Heritage.

[4] The park is at 620 St. Clair Avenue next to the Huntsville Madison County Public Library.

It was named for William H. Councill who helped found the State Normal School for Negroes in Huntsville (predecessor of Alabama A & M University).

[7] He was a teacher, "colored convention" leader, and also served in government offices during the Reconstruction era.

In 2018 the William Hooper Councill Alumni Association broke ground on the William Hooper Councill High School Memorial Park, located on the school's original site.

[11] In 2020 AMMU announced the construction of the William Hooper Councill Eternal Flame Memorial, which was described as “a lasting tribute to the visionary founder of AAMU and his enduring fight for education that has positively impacted the United States and beyond.”[12] The Memorial will include a new structure erected at the current gravesite, with the eternal flame set in the center of a walkway.