Seventh Street Colored School
William Grant High School was a public high school for African Americans in Covington, Kentucky. It also served African American students from surrounding areas who were not allowed to attend the whites-only schools in the county. The elementary and secondary schools that became known as Lincoln-Grant School were in a school built on 7th Street until they were relocated to a new building at 824 Greenup. The school closed after desegregation and its students transferred to Holmes Junior/Senior High School, Holmes High School, The elementary school continued on until 1976. The Northern Kentucky Community Center occupied the school after it closed. In 2017 it became the Lincoln Grant Scholar House housing single parents with low incomes. Joseph M. Walton's ''The Life and Legacy of Lincoln School, Covington, Kentucky, 1866-1976'' was published in 2010. He graduated from the school with honors in 1958. The school was listed on the National Register of Historical Places in 2013. It is i ...
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