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Archives Closed Schools N-P: Pearl Street Colored School

Other Name: Douglass School, Douglas School, Main Street Colored School

Last Address: 314 Pearl Street

Year Opened: 1906

Year Closed: 1910

The school's name was changed from Main Street to Pearl Street in 1906.  The school was renamed Douglass School or Douglas School in 1910.  Buildings in this area were razed for urban renewal and construction of Interstate 65 in the 1960s.  The street (Pearl) no longer exists.

Pearl Street Colored School

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