Archives Closed Schools N-P: Preston Street School

Other Name: Tingley Elementary School; George H. Tingley School

Last Address: 1311 S. Preston Street near Ormsby Street

Year Opened: 1892

Year Closed: 1901

The school was built in 1892.  Its cornerstone reads Preston Street School.  In 1901 the school was renamed George H. Tingley Elementary School for the retiring superintendent of Louisville city schools.  The building is now a family emergency shelter run by the Volunteers of America.