Massey Business College

Massey Business College was a chain of business colleges in the southern United States in the late 19th and 20th century. Richard W. Massey established the first Massey Business College in Birmingham, Alabama in 1887.[1] He served as president of the "Massey System" of colleges for fifty years, and died in Birmingham in 1949.[2]

A 1900 school directory lists Massey's located in Houston, Birmingham, Montgomery (Alabama), and Columbus, Georgia.[3] By 1914, locations had been added in Richmond, Virginia, Louisville, Kentucky, and Jacksonville, Florida.[4] A 1973 school directory also listed locations in Lufkin, Texas and Nacogdoches, Texas.[5]

Sometime in the 1960s?, Massey Business College became "Massey Junior College," offering liberal and applied arts courses, located at 56 Marietta Street, N.W. (same building as the Western Union), Atlanta, Fulton Co., Georgia, 30301.[6] QR code for Accredited Postsecondary Institutions and Programs. 1970-Title Accredited Postsecondary Institutions and Programs. 1970- Volume 50066 of OE (Series), Publisher, U.S. Office of Education, Bureau of Higher Education., 1973. Original from the University of Michigan, Digitized, Sep 11, 2006.[7]

Then in 1974, at the same address, Massey Junior College - possibly changed names or went out of business?[8]

In about 1974/75, The Art Institute of Atlanta formed. Address: 3376 Peachtree Road, N.E., Atlanta, GA, 30326?[9][10] QR code for Accredited Postsecondary Institutions and Programs. 1970- Title Accredited Postsecondary Institutions and Programs. 1970- Volume 50066 of OE (Series), Publisher, U.S. Office of Education, Bureau of Higher Education., 1973. Original from the University of Michigan, Digitized, Sep 11, 2006. [11]

Locations
  • The original Birmingham college closed in 1960.[12]
  • The Richmond location was opened in 1897. In 1932, it merged with the Smithdeal Business College (founded in 1867) to form Smithdeal-Massey Business College,[13] which closed in 1982[14] after its accreditation was withdrawn.[15]
  • There were 2 Atlanta Locations: The original Atlanta location was opened in 1949 and later became the Art Institute of Atlanta in 1975.[16] A second Atlanta location, at 5299 Roswell Road in Atlanta, became part of the Herzing Institute system of colleges on 12/28/1988[17] but remained as Massey Business College until 1996 when the name was changed to Herzing College and then Herzing University in 2009.[18] The current location is 50 Hurt Plaza SE, Suite 400, Atlanta, Georgia 30303.[19]
  • The Jacksonville location lasted into the 1970s.[20]

References
  1. Birmingham and Jefferson County Alabama, p. 114 (1998)
  2. (6 August 1949). Richard W. Massey (brief obituary), The New York Times (subscription required)
  3. American School Guide, p. 32 (1900)
  4. Patterson's American Education, Volume 24, p. 748 (1914)
  5. Accredited Postsecondary Institutions and Programs, p. 84 (1973)
  6. Taylor, Bruce W., 2019
  7. page 154
  8. Taylor, Bruce W., 2019
  9. Taylor, Bruce W., 2019
  10. page 154
  11. page 154
  12. Tomberlin, Michael (15 July 2014). Historic downtown Birmingham building being sold to highest offer among renovation plans, The Birmingham News
  13. (22 October 1965). Proctor, Eileen. Education for the Business World Offered, The Monocle, Vol. 36, No. 4
  14. Close Institutions Archived 2013-08-11 at the Wayback Machine, State Council of Higher Education for Virginia, Retrieved 4 May 2016
  15. "The Free Lance-Star - Google News Archive Search". news.google.com. Retrieved 2016-05-16.
  16. Insiders' Guide® to Atlanta, p. 291 (2010)
  17. Georgia Corporations Division, Office of the Secretary of State. Georgia Business Information: Massey Business College Retrieved 2019-09-18
  18. Herzing University History
  19. Herzing University Atlanta Campus
  20. Jacksonville in Vintage Postcards, p. 42 (2001)
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