Lewisport High School (former) – Lewisport KY

City:
Lewisport, KY

Site Type:
Schools, Education and Health

New Deal Agencies:
Work Relief Programs, Works Progress Administration (WPA)

Quality of Information:
Moderate

Marked:
No

Site Survival:
No Longer Extant

Description

The Works Progress Administration built the Lewisport High School in Lewisport, Hancock County, KY in 1938.

The Lewisport High School was located on 2nd Street in Lewisport, KY from 1938-2018. In January 2018 it was demolished to be replaced with a new library.

Source notes

"Rural America: A Social and Educational History of Ten Communities" Vol II and a second is a

Yearly historical record written in 1989 Claribel Phillips for Lewisport's 150th anniversary.

Site originally submitted by Dave Taylor on February 19, 2019.

Location Info


200 block of 2nd Street
Lewisport, Kentucky 42351
Hancock County

Location notes: The Lewisport High School was located on 2nd Street in Lewisport, KY from 1938-2018 when it was demolished to be replaced with a new library.

Coordinates: 37.9394247, -86.90064869999998

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