Mays Lick Negro School is a former black school in May's Lick, Kentucky. The schoolhouse, which dates to the 1920s, has been declared a historic landmark. It was a Rosenwald School.
Mays Lick Negro School | |
 Historical marker in front of schoolhouse | |
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| Location | 5003 Raymond Rd. Mays Lick, Kentucky |
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| Coordinates | 38°31′05″N 83°50′19″W / 38.51817°N 83.83848°W |
| Area | 2 acres (0.81 ha) |
| Built | 1921 |
| NRHP reference No. | 100002160[1] |
| Added to NRHP | 2018-03-05 |
After the American Civil War, the Freeman's Bureau was tasked with educating the newly freed black children. The Freeman's Bureau opened a school for black children in the May's Lick community ca. 1868. The location was behind the Second Baptist Church, near US 68 and Nicholas Street. A new schoolhouse was dedicated July 17, 1921. This school was constructed with help of the Rosenwald Fund. The school remained in operation until the early 1960s.[2]
The square brick building with long windows has been added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2018.[3] As of 2019, fund-raising efforts are being made to restore this building.[4]
Its National Register nomination states baldly:
Mays Lick Negro School operated as a consolidated school for African Americans in Mason County Kentucky from the year it was built, 1920-1921, until Mason County ceased to segregate education racially, in 1960. It is significant all the years from 1920-1960 in the history of local education for showing the interest of the county's white citizens in keeping children in school from interacting racially.[5]
The spelling of the school's name includes no apostrophe, as the school was termed, and literally labelled, "Mays Lick" not "May's Lick".[5]
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. 1976-03-26.
- ^ "May's Lick Negro School being renovated". The Ledger Independent. November 4, 2007. Retrieved 9 June 2019.
- ^ "Fund-raiser planned for May's Lick School". The Ledger Independent. November 1, 2018. Retrieved 9 June 2019.
- ^ "Rosenwald's May's Lick Negro School". Kentucky Department of Tourism. Retrieved 9 June 2019.
- ^ a b Robert F. DeVoe (May 15, 2017). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: May's Lick Negro School / May's Lick Rosenwald School / May's Lick Consolidated Colored School / MSML-80 / May's Lick Elementary School". National Park Service. Retrieved November 22, 2022. Includes historic photos and photos from 2017.
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