Archives Closed Schools G-J: Jefferson Jacobs Colored School #F

Other Name: Jefferson Jacob School

Last Address: Jacobs (or Jacob) School Road, between River Road and Prospect Electric Line

Year Opened: 1916

Year Closed: 1957

This school was related to Harrods Creek Colored School.  Jacob School #F was consolidated with #W Prospect into Jefferson Jacobs, named for a former slave.  Its address was also once given as Upper River Road between Harrods Creek and Prospect.  The property was purchased from W. S. Shirley with $400 from the Rosenwald Fund.  When it closed, the students were transferred to Ballard and Chenoweth schools.  The property was sold in 1957 to Prospect Masonic Lodge #109.  In August 2012 the former school property was added to the National Register of Historic Places.