Holman School was named for educator Leroy Davis Holman, a North Carolina-born teacher who began teaching Stuttgart’s African American children in 1907. The school was first located at Porter and Lincoln Streets and was rebuilt in 1924 with Rosenwald Foundation funding, with Dr. John B. Bryant instrumental in securing financial support. Early teachers were L. D. Holman, B. J. Greer, M. H. Hinton, W. M. Whitfield, J. B. Lucas, and B. J. Williams. In 1932 the school was moved to this location, rebuilt, and renamed for Prof. Holman, and the faculty then included Holman, W. R. Jones, Ms. L. E. Walstein, and Ms. E. E. Stillwell. High school grades were added in 1938, and the first class graduated in 1942, including Audrey Skinner, Ellen Age, Robert Scroggins, Albert Thompkins, Jesse Lamb, Savanna Carter Wright, and Willie Mae Jackson. A masonry building was erected in the 1940s, and the present structure was added in the 1950s. After Prof. Holman’s death in 1945, Albert S. Baxter served as principal, and George A. Meekins led the school from 1958 to 1970. The last Holman class graduated in 1970, after which Stuttgart’s schools were fully integrated. In 1996, the Holman Community Development Corporation began preserving the building as a cultural and historical landmark, and today it serves as Holman Heritage Community Center.