Maddoxtown School - a segregated county school on Huffman Mill Road, with grades 1 to 5. The facility was closed after the Second World War. Maddoxtown was named after Samuel Maddox, who subdivided the property after the Civil War, for housing of freed slaves. In 1912, a new schoolhouse was built at Maddoxtown, which had enrollment of 75.[i]
Maddoxtown School, a segregated school, with students outside, circa 1900 <Faulconer>
New Maddoxtown School, circa 1916 <Faulconer>
Interior of New Maddoxtown School <Faulconer>
[i] Lexington Leader, November 24, 1912, section 2, page 5, columns 6-7.
References:
William M. Ambrose, Bluegrass Schools, Limestone Press, Lexington, 2012.
