Southern Indiana Genealogical Society October Meeting -
Thursday Oct 7 at 7:00 p.m. -
Place - Division Street School, 1803 Conservative Street, New Albany.
Date: October 7, 2010
Time: 7:00 p.m.
Topic: Division Street School - Presented by: Victor Megenity -
Victor has been a history teacher at
Scribner Junior High School, and is also involved in researching local black
heritage.
Location: Division St. School,1803 Conservative Street, New Albany. (Floyd
County, Indiana)
Public is invited to attend.
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Historic Marker reads: Division Street School
Because of the growing number of African-American school-age children
the New Albany School Board authorized a new elementary school for
them June 1884. It opened here 1885.
An 1869 Indiana law had mandated education of colored children, with
separate enumeration and
separate schools supported with tax revenue within the common school system.
Improvements and repairs were made over the years. The
still-segregated school closed 1946. Friends
of Division Street School was organized 1999 for restoration of the
building. Restoration has been a joint project of the Friends and New
Albany/Floyd County School Corporation.
Building listed in National egister of Historic Places 2002.