Attucks High School is a former school in Hopkinsville, Kentucky, built in 1916. It was Hopkinsville's first public school for black students and was converted to an integrated middle school in 1967,[2] the Attucks Middle School or simply Attucks School,[1] before being shut down in 1988.[3] It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2013.[1] It is at 712 1st Street.
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| Location | 712 1st. St., Hopkinsville, Kentucky |
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| Coordinates | 36°52′08″N 87°28′41″W / 36.86889°N 87.47806°W |
| Area | 2.7 acres (1.1 ha) |
| Built | 1916 |
| Architect | John T. Waller; Forbes Manufacturing Company |
| Architectural style | Renaissance, 20th Century Modernism |
| NRHP reference No. | 12001199[1] |
| Added to NRHP | January 23, 2013 |
The school was built partially from brick reclaimed from a former school, the Clay Street School. It was designed by architect John T. Waller and was built by the Forbes Manufacturing Company in a somewhat Italian Renaissance style, at a cost of $17,640.[4] The listing includes two contributing buildings.[1]
References
edit- ^ a b c d "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. November 2, 2013.
- ^ "Two Churches and a School Added to the National Register". kaintuckeean.com. February 2013. Archived from the original on April 3, 2019. Retrieved April 8, 2019.
- ^ "Crispus Attucks School (4K)". video. 2017.
- ^ Peter Brackney (February 1, 2013). "Two Churches and a School Added to the National Register". Kaintuckeean. Archived from the original on April 3, 2019. Retrieved April 3, 2019.
External links
edit- Crispus Attucks School (4K), video