Augustus H. Terrell (1861–1929) was an educational, community, and church leader in Denison's African American community. 

Before teaching at Anderson School, Augustus H. Terrell had taught at the Iron Ore School, south of Denison.  The new high school for Negro students was named in his honor.

For the 1892-1893 school year, A.H. Terrell was one of the faculty members for the colored school; he received the highest salary of the three teachers assigned to the school.  (The Sunday Gazetteer, June 12, 1892)  As of April 1893, he was scheduled to speak on June 21 at a Dallas meeting of the Colored Teachers' Association, responding to the welcome address on behalf of Texas public schools. The annual address at the meeting was to be given by President I.M. Terrell of Fort Worth.  Rev. Dr. A.R. Griggs of Dallas was to give an invocation on that day.  The next school year, Mr. Terrell was appointed as Principal of Anderson School by the Denison School Board.  (The Sunday Gazetteer, June 11, 1893)  He was assigned the position of Principal at Anderson School
in June 1893 for the 1893-1894 school year. The Sunday Gazetteer, Sunday, June 11,1893, pg.1).  

 In June 1894 the Denison school board named A.H. Terrell principal of Anderson School; teachers were E.H. Garland and Lizzie Reed; janitor was Ben McKnight.

After teaching for several years, he resigned, effective December 1, 1895, in order to operate a grocery store until his death. .

The 1901-1902 Denison City Directory has Augustus H. Terrell and wife, Laura, operating a grocery at 525 W. Bond and living at the same address; Mr. Terrell operated this grocery store until his death in 1929.  He is buried at Fairview Cemetery in Denison.

In 1910 the Terrell family were still living at 525 W. Bond Street.  That land was part of the site of the first Hopewell Baptist Church and is part of Legacy Park.  I wonder how many of those present at the park's dedication knew that Augustus H. Terrell once lived with his family on its eastern edge.

In 1915, Hopewell Baptist Church, with 400 members, was built next door at 531 West Bond.   The Terrells conveyed their property at 525 W. Bond  to Hopewell for the new church and built a new two-story building at 523.  By 1917, they were doing the same thing at 523 West Bond.

About 1920 Mr. and Mrs. Terrell left their home and grocery store in Denison to move to Memphis, Tennessee in order to assist his brother with a hospital there.  They soon returned to Denison and re-opened their grocery store.

Located at the corner of North Myrick Avenue and 531 West Bond Street, the recently established Terrell-Griggs-Marshall Legacy Park occupies the site of the historic Hopewell Baptist Church. The church, a Recorded Texas Historic Landmark, was demolished several years ago. The state historical marker for Hopewell Church is located at the entrance to the park. The park is across the avenue from the current Hopewell Baptist Church.  Also at this intersection, at 530 West Bond Street, stood Anderson School, one of Denison's first African-American schools.

Legacy Park is named after three men much revered in Denison's African-American community: Augustus H. Terrell; Sutton Elbert Griggs, and Thurgood Marshall.