Attucks High School | |
Location | 712 1st. St., Hopkinsville, Kentucky |
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Coordinates | 36°52′08″N87°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 |
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.
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]
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