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The first city high school was built in 1888 at 531 Washington St, and remained the city high school until Barret Manual Training High School opened in 1910….
I thought this was a pretty neat photo of the 1957/1958 Douglas High School Bisons Basketball Team. It’s currently displayed at the John F Kennedy Center.
Alves Street School was built in 1899 and was located at 424 S Alves Street. It was demolished in 1967. Attendance in 1912 reached 507 students. Frank Boyett:…
Audubon School was constructed at Clay and Letcher streets in 1906 to fulfill the promise the City of Henderson made when it annexed the Audubon community. At its…
Douglas High School, located at 300 S Alvasia Street. The school closed in 1965 following the end of segregation.
Center Street public school was located on South Green street just South of Center., approximately where Independence Bank sits today.
Barret Stadium was built in 1934 and lasted until razed in February 1984. It was located on South Green across from where Mr D’s is today. References: Evansville…
Henderson’s first high school was built in 1888 at 531 Washington St, and remained the city high school until Barret Manual Training High School opened in 1910. In…
A little piece of history I found interesting. Over 100 years ago in 1906, Audubon Public School was located in the 1300 block of Powell Street, almost exactly…
“Henderson Daily Gleaner,” June, 1925: At a meeting of the board of education on theevening of the second of July, 1906, a committeeappointed to look into the matter…
National Register of Historic Places listings in Henderson. The eight-digit number next to each listing is the number assigned to each location in the National Register Information System…