Early Schoolhouse
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N 39° 01.991 W 084° 27.758
16S E 719626 N 4323522
Part of a one room log cabin schoolhouse moved to the grounds of Northern Kentucky University.
Waymark Code: WMB1Y4
Location: Kentucky, United States
Date Posted: 03/24/2011
Views: 10
"A part of cabin, moved here from Grants Lick area, stood adjacent to Gosney School, and typifies first schoolhouses of Campbell County. Forty-two were erected. Two of them-John's Hill (ca. 1880-1906) and St. John's (ca. 1847-1857)-were within three miles of here. This site is part of land patent of David Leitch, early settler. Presented by Northern Kentucky University.
(Reverse) Northern Kentucky University - Northern Ky. University began as an extension center of University of Ky., 1948. It became community college, 1962, and by 1976 was a state university. It moved here from Covington in 1972. The 300-acre NKU campus is part of land first surveyed in April and June 1785, and issued as land patents by Isaac Shelby in 1792. See over. Presented by Northern Kentucky University."
Marker Name: Early Schoolhouse
Marker Location: Roadside
Type of Marker: Building
Marker Number (for official markers): 1730
Group(s) Responsible for placing Marker:
Kentucky Historical Society
Kentucky Department of Transportation
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