Division Street School - New Albany, Indiana
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Historical marker commemorating historic African-American school in New Albany, Indiana.
Waymark Code: WM2H4V
Location: Indiana, United States
Date Posted: 11/03/2007
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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 Register of Historic Places 2002. ~ text of marker
County: Floyd
Year Placed: 2005
Name: Division Street School
ID#: 2220051
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