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Historic Schools of Warren County – Division 5

View In 1924, the schoolhouse was improved by adding 24 books to the Library, varnishing a book case, table and chair, and making a rock doorstep "when the wooden one fell down." (Courtesy of Library Special Collections, WKU) Larger

View Mrs. V.P. Bradburn taught an average of 21 students at the Cave Spring School in 1919. (Courtesy of Library Special Collections, WKU) Larger

View In 1883, E.M. Covington leased land on the "south side of Rows Mill Turnpike" to “James Covington, George W. Winlock and Benj. Covington trustees of Colored Common School District No. 26” in Warren County for one dollar. The land was to be used “for the purpose of erecting and building there on a house to be used for carrying on a colored common school . . . and for no other purpose.” The 1922 Bowling Green City Directory locates the Covington School on Smallhouse Pike. With the land abandoned, Westerfield Cole purchased the property from R.W. Covington for $300 in 1925. Schoolteachers between 1909 and 1922 included: Lula B. Bradley (1909-10); Beulah M. Hopkins (1911); Lillian Carpenter (1912-13); Lula Bradley (1914-16); Eva Johnson (1917-19); Virginia Curd (1920); Virginia Curd and Mary Sears (1921); and, Louisa Clyde Potter (1922). Do you have an image of this schoolhouse to share? (Courtesy of Library Special Collections, WKU) Larger

View Locust Grove utilized a cistern to provide water for its students. (Courtesy of Library Special Collections, WKU) Larger

View Mt. Pleasant's shingled roof covered the 22'x40' schoolhouse. (Courtesy of Library Special Collections, WKU) Larger

View Schoolteachers between 1909 and 1914 included: Florence Justice (1909); Pearl Meredith (1910); Chester Sherry (1911); Lurie Bush (1912); and, Jessie Stewart (1913-14). (Courtesy of Library Special Collections, WKU) Larger

View Old Union schooled an average of 40 students in 1921. (Courtesy of Library Special Collections, WKU) Larger

View Schoolteachers between 1919 and 1922 included: Cora Owens and Mollie Cherry (1919); Cora Owens and M.H. Alexander (1920); R.S. Johns (1921); and, Herbert P. Gerald (1922). (Courtesy of Library Special Collections, WKU) Larger

View Built in 1925, Plano was a two-room school lit with glass bowl kerosene lamps. (Courtesy of Library Special Collections, WKU) Larger

View Schoolteachers between 1909 and 1922 included: Mary L. Stark (1909); H. H. Bothic (1910-14); M.C.S. Murrell (1915); V.M. Covington (1916); M.C.S. Murrell (1917); Charity V. McCutchon (1918-19); and, Lucile T. Henry (1920-22). (Courtesy of Library Special Collections, WKU) Larger

View Rich Pond's 24'x40' shingled shoolhouse sat on a one-acre lot. (Courtesy of Library Special Collections, WKU) Larger

View Along with Boyce and Woodburn, the Rich Pond School was one of the first consolidated schools in Warren County. The district raised $1,750 to contribute towards the $5,250 building. This eight-room building was constructed in 1915 and burned in 1925. Note the mule-drawn wagon used to transport students to and from school. (Courtesy of Library Special Collections, WKU) Larger

View The new Rich Pond School was completed and opened in 1926. By 1932-33, Rich Pond had become a four-year high school. After the school burned in 1942, Rich Pond moved its high school students to the Rockfield School. (From Faces and Places of Warren County v. 2 by Daily News) Larger

View After the Rich Pond School burned in 1942, the gymnasium was converted to classrooms for elementary students. (Courtesy of Library Special Collections, WKU) Larger

View The gentleman standing with the students at the Rockfield School is Austin Cosby a driving force in education for African American students in southeastern Warren County. Schoolteachers between 1909 and 1922 included: (1909); A.S. Dixon (1910); Mattie Stahl (1911); C.S. Dixon (1912-14); Minnie Baily (1915); M.H. Bailey (1916); Mattie Stahl (1917); M.H. Bailey (1918); Maggie King and Josephine Covington (1919); Shelly Read (1920-21); and, Edith Woods and Lula B. Carpenter (1922). (Courtesy of Library Special Collections, WKU) Larger

View The Rockfield Rosenwald School used a one-teacher schoolhouse plan that included a 22' x 30' classroom, two cloakrooms,and one community room. African Americans contributed 23% of the $2,560 construction cost. Public monies totaled $2,100 with the Rosenwald grant adding $400. In 1928 Hughey Heater contracted to transport African American students on the Plano route to the Rockfield School. (Courtesy of Library Special Collections, WKU) Larger

View Teachers between 1909 and 1918 included: Nell Moss (1909-10); Belle McCullock (1911); Mollie McCallock (1912); Eliza Smith (1913); Leslie Horne (1914); Mrs. Mattie Johnson (1915-17); and, Allie May Speck (1918). (Courtesy of Library Special Collections, WKU) Larger

View The nine-room Rockfield School and gymnasiuim was built in 1919. By 1932-33, Rockfield had become a four-year high school. An addition was added in 1935, a cafeteria and shop in 1942 and a cannery in 1943. (Courtesy of Library Special Collections, WKU) Larger

View Prior to the destruction of the Rich Pond and Woodburn Schools, plans to build a high school to serve southern Warren County had been discussed. After the two schools burned in 1942, students moved to the Rockfield facility. These three schools consolidated to form South Warren High School in 1942. (Courtesy of Library Special Collections, WKU) Larger

View Schoolteachers between 1909 and 1918 included: Anna L. Wallace (1909); F.J. Buford (1910-14); Edith Woods (1915-16); Charles Morton (1917); Edith Woods (1918-19); C.S. Morton (1920); and,Charity McCutchon (1921-22). (Courtesy of Library Special Collections, WKU) Larger

View Cassie Taylor taught an average of 23 students at the Union Grove School in 1919. (Courtesy of Library Special Collections, WKU) Larger

View Schoolteachers between 1909 and 1915 included: Lucy Bush (1909); Dixie Taylor (1910); Annie Ellis (1911); Nannie Sherry, (1912); Mollie McCullock (1913-14); and, Vera Murry (1915). (Courtesy of Library Special Collections, WKU) Larger

View Mrs. Annie L. Richards taught an average of 25 students at the Walnut Hill School in 1919. (Courtesy of Library Special Collections, WKU) Larger

View Electrically lit, the two-room school was built in 1934. Schoolteachers between 1909 and 1922 included: F.J. Buford (1909); Eva M. Kuykendall (1910-18); E. McClasky (1919-20); Lula B. Carpenter and C.S. Morton (1921); and, Rufine Eubank and L.W. Hughes (1922). (Courtesy of Library Special Collections, WKU) Larger

View Shutters protected windows on the Woodburn School. It's 24'x40' structure was covered with a tin roof. (Courtesy of Library Special Collections, WKU) Larger

View Along with Rich Pond and Boyce, Woodburn was one of the first consolidated schools in Warren County. By 1932-33, Woodburn had become a four-year high school. The original structure burned in 1942 just three weeks after the Rich Pond school was enveloped in flames. Students from Rich Pond and Woodburn were transferred to Rockfield which was renamed South Warren. (Courtesy of Library Special Collections, WKU) Larger

View After the Rich Pond and Woodburn schools burned in 1943, Woodburn's gymnasium was converted to a six-room school. (Courtesy of Library Special Collections, WKU) Larger

View Zion's 18'x 24' schoolhouse was covered with a tin roof. (Courtesy of Library Special Collections, WKU) Larger

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