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Division Street School

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Area
  
less than one acre

NRHP Reference #
  
02000193

Phone
  
+1 812-941-0820

Built
  
1884 (1884)

Opened
  
1884

Added to NRHP
  
15 July 2002

Division Street School

Location
  
1803 Conservative St., New Albany, Indiana

Built by
  
Fite, Andrew; Kahl, Philip

MPS
  
Indiana's Public Common and High Schools MPS

Address
  
1803 Conservative St, New Albany, IN 47150, USA

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The Division Street School is a historic school building located at New Albany, Floyd County, Indiana. It was one of the first elementary schools for African-American children, with construction beginning in June 1884, and the opening in 1885. It was moved by thirty feet westward in 1922. It was untouched by the Ohio River flood of 1937. It operated as a school until May 1946, while segregation still took place; those students still attended were assigned to Griffin Street School. From 1946 until 1948 it was a Veterans Administration Office. It was then used as a maintenance shop for the New Albany/Floyd County School Corporation until 1999. After restoration, it is now used for various community activities.

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2002.

Rube goldberg at division street school


References

Division Street School Wikipedia