Draft:Sherman Industrial Institute

Central Alabama Academy and North Huntsville School should link here

Sherman Industrial Institute was a school for African Americans in Huntsville, Alabama. Teachers at the school were African American. It was organized in 1891 as North Huntsville School. It was named for Union Army general William Tecumseh Sherman.

The school's site was owned by the Freedman's Aid Society and had been home to Central Alabama Academy.

History
Central Alabama Academy was founded in Huntsville in 1870. Rev. A. W. McKinney A.M. served as its principal.

F. R. Davis served as principal of Sherman Industrial Institute.

In 1922, Sherman Industrial Institute was reported to be non-sectarian and to have 5 teachers for its 180 students.