"Colored Schools": Eighth Street Colored School (Original)

Other Name: Ormsby Avenue Colored School; Eighth Street Colored School (8th Street) (second); Dunbar School

Last Address: 8th and Kentucky Streets

Year Opened: 1897

Year Closed: 1910

The Ormsby Avenue Colored School relocated to Eighth and Kentucky Streets in 1897 so the school was renamed the Eighth Street Colored School.  The school was renamed again in 1910, becoming the Paul Dunbar School.  After the Dunbar School moved to the former Central High School building, this building became an annex for Dunbar and then reopened as Eighth Street Colored School.