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Archives Closed Schools A-C: Crescent Hill - Clifton School

School Common Name: Crescent Hill - Clifton School

Other Name: Crescent Hill School; Edward Gottschalk School; George Rogers Clark Elementary School

Last Address: Payne and Galt Streets

Year Opened: 1905

Year Closed: 1908

This school presumably succeeded the Crescent Hill School located on Crescent Avenue.  Crescent Hill-Clifton School was renamed in honor of Edward Gottschalk in 1908.  Gottschalk served on the city school board for several years.  The school's name was changed again in 1910 to George Rogers Clark Elementary School.

Crescent Hill - Clifton School History

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