La Grange in Oldham County, Kentucky — The American South (East South Central)

Lagrange Training School
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Rosenwald Schools

Lagrange Training School side of marker image. Click for full size.

Photographed by J. J. Prats, June 12, 2019

1. Lagrange Training School side of marker

Inscription. Built in 1921-22, it was the ninth school in Ky. for African Americans supported by the Julius Rosenwald Grant. After completing the first 8 years of school, students were bussed 25 miles to the Lincoln Institute in Shelby Co. to attend high school. This ended after the 1964 Civil Rights Act integrated Kentucky schools.

Resenwald Schools. Site of one of the 158 Rosenwald Schools constructed in Kentucky between 1917 & 1932. The one-room schoolhouse provided an education for African American children required to attend segregated schools. This program grew out of Booker T. Washington’s vision for educational reform & his partnership with philanthropist Julius Rosenwald.

Erected 2014 by Kentucky Historical Society and Kentucky Department of Highways. Presented by Oldham County Historical Society and Oldham County Tourism & Conventions. (Marker Number 2418.)

Topics and series. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: African Americans • Civil Rights • Education. In addition, it is included in the Kentucky Historical Society, and the Rosenwald Schools series lists. A significant historical year for this entry is 1964.

Location. 38° 24.862′ N,

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85° 22.808′ W. Marker is in La Grange, Kentucky, in Oldham County. It is on North 1st Street (Kentucky Route 53) south of Woodcreek Drive, on the left when traveling south. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 425 N 1st St, La Grange KY 40031, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in Greater Louisville Area.

It is also in the American South,

specifically in the Upper South,

and in the Ohio River Valley.

Globally, it is in North America,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once the territory of the Mississippian Culture

and also the Antebellum South.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: Funk Seminary Site (approx. 0.4 miles away); Oldham County, 1824 (approx. 0.4 miles away); Oldham County History Center (approx. 0.4 miles away); William Berry Taylor of Spring Hill (approx. 0.4 miles away); a different marker also named Oldham County History Center (approx. half a mile away); a different marker also named Oldham County History Center

Rosenwald Schools side of marker image. Click for full size.

Photographed by J. J. Prats, June 12, 2019

2. Rosenwald Schools side of marker

(approx. half a mile away); James and Amanda Mount Home / J.C. Barnett Library and Archives (approx. half a mile away); Veterans Memorial (approx. half a mile away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in La Grange.

Also see . . . Rosenwald Schools in Kentucky. Preservation Kentucky website entry (Submitted on October 1, 2025, by Larry Gertner of New York, New York.)

Lagrange Training School / Rosenwald Schools Marker image. Click for full size.

Photographed by J. J. Prats, June 12, 2019

3. Lagrange Training School / Rosenwald Schools Marker

Julius Rosenwald image. Click for full size.

Internet Archive

4. Julius Rosenwald

from Men Who are Making America by Bertie Charles Forbes, 1917.

Credits. This page was last revised on October 1, 2025. It was originally submitted on July 3, 2019, by J. J. Prats of Powell, Ohio. This page has been viewed 522 times since then and 24 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3. submitted on July 3, 2019, by J. J. Prats of Powell, Ohio. 4. submitted on July 3, 2019, by Allen C. Browne of Silver Spring, Maryland.

Lagrange Training School⎯⎯⎯Rosenwald Schools

Lagrange Training School
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Rosenwald Schools