In 1882 Isaiah Milligan Terrell came to Fort Worth to head the city’s first school for African American students, the East Ninth Street Colored School. He left Fort Worth in 1915 to become principal of Prairie View State Normal and Industrial College. The East Eighteenth Street School was named for Terrell in 1921 and was expanded over the years until it was closed in 1973. Since 1998 it has been an elementary school. Sited on a crest formerly known as Baptist Hill, the three-story buff and dark brick school has cast-stone trim. The school had a remarkable history, especially in the area of music and music theory under renowned faculty member G. A. Baxter. Alumni include Ornette Coleman, King Curtis, Cornell Dupree, Ray Sharpe, and Dewey Redman. The school’s proximity to the historic Jim Hotel, once located at 415 E. 5th Street, whose house band was led by “T-Bone” Walker, provided exposure to the remarkable performances by world-class musicians in the jazz and blues genres, including Billie Holliday, Sarah Vaughan, Cab Calloway, and Count Basie.