Stewart Home School

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Stewart Home School
Location
Stewart Home School
4200 Lawrenceburg Road
Frankfort, Kentucky 40601

Franklin County
,
Kentucky
Information
School typeResidential
Established1893
DirectorDr. Kara Davies
Website stewarthome.com
Stewart Home School
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Nearest cityFrankfort, Kentucky
Coordinates 38°7′35″N84°54′28″W / 38.12639°N 84.90778°W / 38.12639; -84.90778
Area850 acres (340 ha)
Built1840
Architectural styleGreek Revival, Italianate
NRHP reference No. 76000884 [1]
Added to NRHPJune 03, 1976

Stewart Home & School is a residential school in Franklin County, Kentucky serving individuals with intellectual or developmental disabilities. The school was established by Dr. John Q. A. Stewart in 1893 on the former site of Kentucky Military Institute on Lawrenceburg Road, five miles southeast of Frankfort. [2] The school has been in continuous operation by five generations of the Stewart family, and was placed on the United States National Register of Historic Places June 3, 1976. [1]

References

  1. 1 2 "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
  2. Coleman, J. Winston (1968). Historic Kentucky (Second ed.). Lexington, Kentucky: Henry Clay Press. p. 85.