Vernon Elementary School

Vernon Elementary School

Schools--Kansas--Kansas City
USD 500
Schools--Architecture

Black and white photograph of Vernon Elementary School, front and side elevations. Vernon School was originally known as the Colored School of Quindaro and was a stone building, replaced by a four-room brick structure after the turn of the century. It was later named Vernon School after Bishop William T. Vernon, of Western University and the Registrar of the U. S. Treasury. This school had its own district, No. 17, with an all African American school board. The current building was constructed in 1936 by the WPA and still operated as a segregated school. After annexation of the Washington district by USD 500 in 1967, the school was closed and the pupils transferred to Quindaro Elementary School. The Vernon School now houses the Vernon Community Center, and the Quindaro Underground Railroad Museum and was placed on the Register of HIstoric Kansas Places in 2004.

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Kansas Room Special Collections

Kansas City, Kansas Public Library

ca. 1930

JPG

eng

Gelatin silver print

KSCOLL_PH_VernonElementary_01

Gelatin silver print