McDonogh 19 Elementary School

McDonogh 19 Elementary School is an American elementary school located at 5909 St. Claude Avenue in the Lower Ninth Ward of New Orleans, Louisiana. Along with William Frantz Elementary School, it was involved in the New Orleans school desegregation crisis during 1960.

McDonogh 19 Elementary School
McDonogh 19 School Building, St Claude Avenue, Lower 9th Ward, New Orleans, May 2022
McDonogh 19 School Building, May 2022
Address
5909 St. Claude Ave.

New Orleans
,
Louisiana

United States
Information
School typeElementary school
McDonogh 19 Elementary School
McDonogh 19 Elementary School is located in Louisiana
McDonogh 19 Elementary School
Location5909 St. Claude Ave., New Orleans, Louisiana
Coordinates29°57′38″N 90°00′46″W
Arealess than one acre
Built1929
ArchitectE.A. Christy
Architectural styleItalian Renaissance Revival
NRHP reference No.16000672[1]
Added to NRHPOctober 10, 2016

History

Background

The school was built in 1929. It was funded by John McDonogh through the McDonogh Fund which built schools in New Orleans and in Baltimore, Maryland. It was designed in Italian Renaissance Revival style by the New Orleans Parish School Board's architect E.A. Christy.

Desegregation

It was an all-white school, integrated in the fall of 1960 by three young black girls, Leona Tate, Tessie Prevost, and Gail Etienne, known as the McDonogh Three.[2]

Post-integration

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2016.[1][2]

In 2021, the building was purchased by Leona Tate and her foundation, to be transformed into a museum chronicling Civil Rights history with the help of Xavier University's Investigative Stories Program.

References
  1. Donna Fricker; Alison Bordelon (March 2005). "National Register of Historic Places Registration: McDonogh 19 Elementary School" (PDF). National Park Service. Retrieved August 10, 2019. With historic photos, plans, and 44 photos from 2016.

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