Archives Closed Schools K-M: Kentucky Street School

Other Name: Engelhard Elementary School

Last Address: 119 East Kentucky Street between Brook and First streets

Year Opened: 1886

Year Closed: 1919

Kentucky Street School opened in 1886 in a three-story brick building.  The school was renamed Engelhard Elementary in 1919 in memory of Victor H. Engelhard, a local businessman and member of the school board.  The Louisville Deaf Oral School is now operated in the former Kentucky Street School / Engelhard building on Kentucky Street.