Archives Closed Schools Q-S: Stevens School for the Retarded

Other Name: George D. Prentice School, Eighth Ward School, Prentice School for the Retarded

Last Address: 525 S. Sixth Street

Year Opened: 1964

Year Closed: 1969

Following the closing of the George D. Prentice Elementary School, the building became the Stevens School for the Retarded in 1964 when a privately operated school under the Stevens name moved to the facility.  At that time, the Louisville city schools began to offer a public class in the school where private classes for mentally retarded students were held as well. Five years later, the school's name was changed back to Prentice School and more public classes were added for the mentally handicapped.