Southern Elementary School - located at 340 Wilson Downing Road. Southern opened on August 28, 1969, with 876 students in 32 classrooms. The building cost $875,308.[i]
Southern Elementary School, 2010 <Ambrose>
[i] Lexington Herald, December 5, 1967, page 1, column 6, A Brief Account of Fayette County’s Elementary Schools, 1969-70 and Fayette County School’s website.
References:
William M. Ambrose, Bluegrass Schools, Limestone Press, Lexington, 2012.