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Gilbert Academy

1873 establishments in Louisiana1949 disestablishments in LouisianaDefunct high schools in New OrleansEducational institutions established in 1873Preparatory schools in Louisiana

Gilbert Academy was a premier preparatory school for African American high school students in New Orleans, Louisiana. Begun in 1863 in New Orleans as a home for colored children orphaned by the American Civil War, the home moved to Baldwin, Louisiana in 1867. The Orphans Home evolved into a school and, over the next 80 years, became Gilbert Academy, a college preparatory school for African Americans. Gilbert Academy returned to New Orleans, achieved accreditation by the Southern Association of Secondary Schools and Colleges, and graduated many notable students until it closed in 1949.

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Gilbert Academy
Valmont Street, New Orleans Uptown

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Valmont Street 1550
70115 New Orleans, Uptown
Louisiana, United States
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