The Division Street School is a historic

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building located at New Albany,

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. It was one of the first

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s for African-American children, with construction beginning in June 1884, and the opening in 1885. It was moved by thirty feet westward in 1922. It was untouched by the

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. It operated as a school until May 1946, while segregation still took place; those students still attended were assigned to Griffin Street School. From 1946 until 1948 it was a Veterans Administration Office. It was then used as a maintenance shop for the New Albany/Floyd County School Corporation until 1999. After restoration, it is now used for various community activities. ''Note:'' This includes and Accompanying photographs
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It was listed on the

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in 2002.

Gallery

File:Division Street School Back.jpg, Back side of school

References

"A Day at Division Street School"
A slide show history of the building * http://www.preserveamerica.gov/innewalbany.html * https://web.archive.org/web/20070721015649/http://www.statelib.lib.in.us/www/ihb/markers/numbered/2220051.html

External links

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