Attucks High School

Attucks High School
Attucks High School is located in Kentucky
Attucks High School
Location within Kentucky
Location712 1st. St., Hopkinsville, Kentucky
Coordinates36°52′08″N 87°28′41″W / 36.86889°N 87.47806°W / 36.86889; -87.47806
Area2.7 acres (1.1 ha)
Built1916
ArchitectJohn T. Waller; Forbes Manufacturing Company
Architectural styleRenaissance, 20th Century Modernism
NRHP reference No.12001199[1]
Added to NRHPJanuary 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. In 1967 the students were sent to Christian County High School[2] and the facility was converted to an integrated middle school in 1967,[3] the Attucks Middle School or simply Attucks School,[1] before being shut down in 1988.[4] 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.[5][6] The listing includes two contributing buildings.[1] The school's motto was "Do or die for Attucks High"<ref name=science/"

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. November 2, 2013.
  2. ↑ Keller, Alissa (February 21, 2022). "Attucks science classroom illuminates a cherished chapter in Black history". Hoptown Chronicle. Retrieved August 3, 2026.
  3. ↑ "Two Churches and a School Added to the National Register". kaintuckeean.com. February 2013. Archived from the original on April 3, 2019. Retrieved April 8, 2019.
  4. ↑ "Crispus Attucks School (4K)". video. 2017.
  5. ↑ Peter Brackney (February 1, 2013). "Two Churches and a School Added to the National Register". Kaintuckeean. Archived from the original on April 3, 2019. Retrieved April 3, 2019.
  6. ↑ Ferguson, Adam (July 27, 2026). "Hopkinsville nonprofit races to save historic Attucks School before further damage sets in". Retrieved August 3, 2026.
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