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Last Updated:    June 21, 2007      New page.

Date Constructed: 1930
Address: 10400 Shelby St, Jeffersontown, KY
Current Building Name: Unknown at this time.
Earlier Building Names: Jeffersontown Colored School - 1930; Alexander-Ingram School - 1961; Jeffersontown Elementary School and Annex - 1963
Architect: Oscar W. Holmes
Builder: Unknown at this time
Current Status: In use.
Designation (if applicable): Unknown at this time

The Jeffersontown Colored School building was constructed as the elementary school for African-American children in the county. It replaced a frame residence used since 1912. The building was designed by Oscar W. Holmes a former teacher at DuPont Manual Training School and a draftsman/architect for the Board of Church Extension of the Methodist Episcopal Church. The school accomodated an average of 120 students per year with three teachers. The name changed to the Alexander-Ingram School in 1961 and then to the Jeffersontown Elementary School and Annex in 1963, when it was integrated. The school closed in 1965.

In the mid-1980s the building was renovated for commercial use.

Photos by Jim L. Patterson - copyright 2007.


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