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Colored Memorial School and Risley High School

Coordinates: 31°09′19″N 81°29′27″W / 31.1554°N 81.4909°W / 31.1554; -81.4909
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Colored Memorial School and Risley High School
Colored Memorial School
Colored Memorial School and Risley High School is located in Georgia
Colored Memorial School and Risley High School
Location in Georgia
Colored Memorial School and Risley High School is located in the United States
Colored Memorial School and Risley High School
Location in United States
Location1800 Albany St., Brunswick, Georgia
Coordinates31°09′19″N 81°29′27″W / 31.1554°N 81.4909°W / 31.1554; -81.4909
Area4 acres (1.6 ha)
Built1923 (1923)
ArchitectFrancis L. Abreu
Architectural styleClassical Revival, Stripped Classical
NRHP reference No.02001290[1]
Added to NRHPNovember 7, 2002

Colored Memorial School and Risley High School is a historic school complex in Brunswick, Georgia where a Freedmen's School opened in 1870.[2][3] It was added to the National Register of Historic Places on November 7, 2002. It is located at 1800 Albany Street.

Risley High School competed in the Georgia Interscholastic Association. It won the state championship in basketball in 1969.[4]

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  1. ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. ^ The Story of Douglas Gilbert Risley, Colored Memorial, and Risley School by Amy Lyn Hedrick 13 June 2006
  3. ^ Historical Marker Georgia Historical Society, the Glynn County Board of Education, and the Risley Alumni Association, Inc. 2004.4 Marker 63-5
  4. ^ "GIA Boys Basketball Champions | GHSA.net".
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