Title: Kingston High School Collection, 1946-2003
Extent: 3.0 Folders
Date Acquired: 07/07/2023
Subjects: Schools
Languages: English
In September 1938, the Madison County School board bought 4 and 1/4 acres of land from the Clarkston family for $325. This acreage would be where the New Kingston School would be built. Jade. D. Jennings was employed as the contractor for this project .
The new school was given the official name Kingston graded in high school and opened in the 1939 school year. J. B. More was employed as a principal and a staff of 11 teachers was hired. The first commencement was held in June 1940 with a class of 14 members.
The school continued to grow and in 1949 an eight classroom addition, kitchen and lunchroom was built. In the early 1950s, Kingston and the other schools in the county continued to grow. In 1955, all the high schools were consolidated into one large school, Madison Central High School, in Richmond. Kingston High School became strictly an elementary school housing grades one through eight.
In the late 1970s the middle school concept changed Kingston. Once again. With the completion of the Clark-Moores middle school and the red Foley Middle School, Kingston became an elementary school for grades 1-6. 1978 brought about another change for the school as kindergarten was started at Kingston.
Finally in 2003 the new Kingston Elementary opened its doors and the old school was demolished.
History adapted from a Madison's Heritage Article by Fred Engle.
Repository: Eastern Kentucky University - Special Collections and Archives
Acquisition Source: Couture, Jackie
Acquisition Method: Purchase
