 That year, a group of 45 students attended the first classes on the second floor of the Imbusch Building in downtown Cullman, which housed the W. O. Kelley General Store.The building is located in downtown Cullman on the corner of Third Avenue and Third Street and still stands to this day.The following year, in 1909, two Cullman businessmen, George H. Parker and C. H. Stiefelmeyer, donated of land and donated $10,000 to construct a new school, which was located at 800 Second Avenue, which is the current site of Cullman Middle School.