Boyd Hill School

Front inscription

A new school for African American residents of the Boyd Hill community was built here in 1925 on a 4-acre lot. Designed by local architect Alfred D. Gilchrist, the white, wooden facility cost $9,100 and was funded by the school district, local African Americans, and the Julius Rosenwald Fund. Four teachers taught approx. 200 students in grades 1-5 in Boyd Hill School’s first year here. The school was later expanded to enroll pupils in grades 1-8.

West End School

Soon after its construction, the school here was renamed West End School. Its first principal was Wesley James Lindsay (1880-1963). West End’s student body remained segregated until 1970. The school closed in 1971, following the construction of integrated York Road Elementary School (2 mi. NW). This campus later became a community center. Though brick-veneered and expanded multiple times, portions of the original Rosenwald building remain on the W side of the campus.