Archives Closed Schools D-F: Eighth Ward School

Other Name: George D. Prentice School

Last Address: Ninth and Chestnut streets

Year Opened: 1850's

Year Closed: 1913

The school's previous address was Walnut and Center streets, the original home of the Female High School.  The school moved to Ninth and Chestnut in December 1909.  In 1913 the school was renamed for George Prentice, the famous nineteenth century editor of the Louisville Journal.