Scribner High School

In 1880, an 1822 school building on this site became Scribner High School for African-American students, under an 1869 Indiana law mandating public education for African-American children and allowing segregated schools. Modern facility completed and state commissioned 1907. Closed 1952 after 1949 state desegregation law.

Marker is at the intersection of West Spring Street and West 1st Street, on the left when traveling west on West Spring Street.

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