Archives Closed Schools A-C: Bowman Field Elementary School

Last Address: 1401 Bomber Avenue

Year Opened: 1947

Year Closed: 1962

Bowman Field Elementary School began as a county school in 1947 and was transferred to the city system in 1950.  It was located at Bowman Field airport in Louisville.  Its school plant consisted of a former Army mess hall, a dispensary, and a gym.  When this school closed, students transferred to Bloom, Longfellow, and Belknap Elementaries. The school and some other buildings on Bowman Field were razed by the Municipal Housing Commission.