Archives Closed Schools Q-S: Simpson School

Other Name: Henry Clay School

Last Address: 34th and Chestnut

Year Opened: 1908

Year Closed: 1910

 Simpson School was named for George F. Simpson, a Louisville physician and a member of the city school board.  The school  name was changed to Henry Clay School because the board adopted a policy that schools could not be named for a living person.  The school continued under the Clay name until circa 1975.  The property was sold to the city of Louisville in 1981.  The building was demolished and a fire station was built on the property.