Archives Closed Schools Q-S: Sixth Street School

Other Name: Mary D. Hill School

Last Address: 542 W. Kentucky Street, at Sixth and Kentucky

Year Opened: 1894

Year Closed: 1917

The Sixth Street School opened in the building previously housing Central Colored School.  The school began to offer special education for exceptional students in 1914.  The Sixth Street School was renamed for kindergarten pioneer Mary D. Hill in 1917.