Davidson School (City School No. 5) - a city school established in 1892 on Bolivar Street, using the old residence of the city workhouse’s manager. The school was named after Mayor J. Hull Davidson. In 1903, the school closed and was replaced by the new Maxwell School.[i]
[i] Lexington Morning Transcript, July 14, 1893, page 5, column 4.
References:
William M. Ambrose, Bluegrass Schools, Limestone Press, Lexington, 2012.
