Archives Closed Schools N-P: Norton School

Other Name: Seventh (7th) Street School; John Marshall School

Last Address: 1512 S. 7th Street, 7th (Seventh) & Shipp streets

Year Opened: 1905

Year Closed: 1910

The school was originally named Seventh Street School.  In 1905 it became the James Norton School, in honor of a member of the Louisville school board.  Its name was changed to the John Marshall School, named for the famed Chief Justice of the United States, circa 1910.