Archives Closed Schools K-M: Merker School

Other Name: Margaret Merker School, Second Ward School

Last Address: 931 E. Market Street

Year Opened: 1923

Year Closed: 1966

The Second Ward School was renamed the Margaret Merker School in 1923 in honor of Merker, a scholar and social worker in Louisville.  The school closed in 1966 and was razed.  Its students were sent to the new Abraham Lincoln Elementary School.