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Lexington's school system dates back to the city charter of 1831, and it first school opened in 1834.

The Morton School Number 1, Lexington’s first public city school in 1834, was originally built on the corner of Walnut (later Martin Luther King Dr.) and Short Street.
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Located in the Tates Creek Branch rotunda.

While the focus of content in the digital archive is Fayette County, many other counties are represented. This list is in alphabetical order by county name for non-Fayette County content.
Anderson County

Dunbar High School opened in 1923 at 545 North Upper Street as the only all-black high school in Lexington’s city school system.


In 1917, the Woman’s Club of Central Kentucky hosted a series of speakers giving historical sketches on people and places of local interest.