Sebree in Webster County, Kentucky — The American South (East South Central)

Sebree Colored School

Photographed by Mark Hilton, September 1, 2015

1. Sebree Colored School Marker

Inscription. Under Pres. Roosevelt’s New Deal, $6500 was allocated to the WPA to build a new schoolhouse. It was completed in June 1938. Ten years later, building was deeded to the American Legion. Post was named Austin Collins in honor of a local boy who died at Pearl Harbor on Dec. 7, 1941, on the USS Arizona.
Sponsored by the American Legion Post 243

Erected 2008 by the Kentucky Historical Society Kentucky Department of Highways. (Marker Number 2270.)

Topics and series. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Education • War, World II • Waterways & Vessels. In addition, it is included in the Former U.S. Presidents: #32 Franklin D. Roosevelt, the Kentucky Historical Society, and the Works Progress Administration (WPA) projects series lists. A significant historical month for this entry is June 1938.

Location. 37° 36.621′ N, 87° 31.708′ W. Marker is in Sebree, Kentucky, in Webster County. It is on U.S. 41, on the right when traveling south. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 271 U.S Highway 41 North, Sebree KY 42455, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker

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is in the Tri-State Region

and in the Western Coal Field.

It is also in the American Midwest,

in the South,

and specifically in the Upper South.

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 12 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: McMullin-Warren House (approx. 0.4 miles away); James Bethel Gresham (approx. 4.7 miles away); Louis "Grandpa" Jones (approx. 7.9 miles away); Frontier Justice (approx. 8.8 miles away); Encounter at Burnt Mill (approx. 10.8 miles away); Webster County Courthouse (approx. 11 miles away); County Named, 1860 (approx. 11 miles away); Kentucky Authors (approx. 11.1 miles away).

Also see . . . Explore Kentucky History article about the school. (Submitted on September 24, 2015, by Mark Hilton of Montgomery, Alabama.)

Former Sebree Colored School image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Mark Hilton, September 1, 2015

2. Former Sebree Colored School

View of marker looking south on U.S. 41 image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Mark Hilton, September 1, 2015

3. View of marker looking south on U.S. 41

Credits. This page was last revised on June 16, 2016. It was originally submitted on September 24, 2015, by Mark Hilton of Montgomery, Alabama. This page has been viewed 1,153 times since then and 33 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3. submitted on September 24, 2015, by Mark Hilton of Montgomery, Alabama.