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Barton Academy
Barton Academy
Barton Academy in
Mobile
, circa 1900, Alabama's first
public school
. It is named after Rep. Willoughby Barton, the author of the bill that created Mobile's public schools, and was built by
Henry Hitchcock
's construction company in 1835-36.
Courtesy of the Library of Congress