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"Colored Schools": Portland Colored School

Other Name: Charles Young School

Last Address: 2725 Lytle Street

Year Opened: 1874

Year Closed: 1925

The school originally opened under the Portland Colored School name and was renamed Charles Young School in 1925 for a Kentucky native who attended the U. S. Military Academy at West Point and had a distinguished military career.

Portland Colored School History

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