Site Of Mayo-Underwood School

Site Of Mayo-Underwood School. , Erected in 1928 and dedicated September 3, 1929, Mayo-Underwood High School replaced the 1884 Clinton Street High School. Mayo- Underwoods main entrance faced Center Street, with the Mero Street side encompassing the 400 block, and the rear resting on half of a block on Wilkerson Street facing the Kentucky River. The only public funded school for African-Americans in grades one through twelve was under the auspices of the Frankfort Board of Education. The school's name honored two African-Americans professor and Principal William H. Mayo and Dr. Edward Ellsworth Underwood, a physician. , The baseball field (known as the Sandbar) located next to the Kentucky River hosted many activities for students and the community, just above the baseball field, a recreational building known as "the shelter" was built around 1950. This cement block shaded building had an equipment storage room and outside accommodations for teaching, recreational activities, and crafts. Behind the shelter was a wading pool for swimming. Miss Mary C. Holmes, the sole director, continued educating students during the summer. , June 1957 marks the last graduating class and 1965 identifies the closing as the result of mandated integration for public schools in Frankfort and Franklin County. , Dedicated as the African-American Historical Public Education Site in Frankfort, Kentucky . This historical marker is in Frankfort in Franklin County Kentucky