Athens' first public school for African Americans was established in 1876-77. Athens Colored School held classes in a Baptist church and later in a 2-room schoolhouse erected at this site. Richard C. Fisher joined the school's faculty in 1914 and later became principal, renaming the school Blackshear to honor a former professor at Prairie View College. The school was accredited in 1924. A new school built here in 1932 was renamed for Professor R.C. Fisher upon his death in 1934. Fisher High School closed in 1966 with the integration of schools in Athens.