Harrison School (City No. 2) - a city school established in 1849 on West Main Street, near Jefferson. The school was named after James O. Harrison, a prominent attorney and first superintendent of the Lexington school system. The building was two-story, with eight classrooms and a teaching principal. The school used a primary curriculum (grades 1 to 8). Replaced in 1904, with a new “fireproof” building on Bruce Street, between Short and Second Street. Under Superintendent Cassidy’s reorganization of the school system, the school was converted to an elementary school (grades 1 to 6). The present building was built in 1972, on the same site.[i]
Harrison Elementary School, 2010 <Ambrose>
[i] A Brief Account of Fayette County’s Elementary Schools, 1969-70 and Fayette County School’s website.
