Archives Closed Schools Q-S: Seventh Ward School

Other Name: Fifth Ward School; Monsarrat School

Last Address: East side of Fifth Street, south of Broadway, at York Street

Year Opened: c. 1865

Year Closed: 1900

The name of the Fifth Ward School became the Seventh Ward School after the Civil War, when redistricting in Louisville changed ward locations.  The school was renamed yet again in 1900 to the Monsarrat School in honor of Laura Lucas Monsarrat, notable Louisville educator, who died while serving as the school's principal.