Female High School, Louisville, Kentucky.
Title
Female High School , Louisville , Kentucky .
Description
Female High School in downtown Louisville , Kentucky . Handwritten on bottom of mounted print : "R.G . Potter , Collection ; The Female High School west side of First St . north of Chestnut St . was completed in Aug . 1873 at a cost of $115 , 242.71 . Six hundred pupils could be accommodated . It had 16 large rooms plus a chapel and lecture room. " The high school moved in 1899 , changed its name to Louisville Girls High School in 1911 , and moved to what is now duPont Manual High School in 1934 , merging with that school in 1950 . This building was used for Male High School until 1915 , when the site was used for Ahren's Trade School . Title supplied by cataloger .
Subject
Schools Buildings
Location Depicted
First Street (Louisville, Ky.) Central Business District (Louisville, Ky.) Louisville (Ky.) Jefferson County (Ky.)
Date Original
1873? - 1899?
Object Type
Negatives
Source
4 x 5 in. copy negative. Item Number ULPA P_00767 in the R. G. Potter Collection, University of Louisville Photographic Archives.
Citation Information
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Collection
R. G. Potter Collection
Collection Website
http://digital.library.louisville.edu/cdm/landingpage/collection/potter/
Digital Publisher
University of Louisville Photographic Archives
Format
image/jpeg
Ordering Information
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Image Number
ULPA P_00767
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