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
Address
5909 St. Claude Ave. New Orleans , Louisiana United States
Information
School type	Elementary school

McDonogh 19 Elementary School
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Location	5909 St. Claude Ave., New Orleans, Louisiana
Coordinates	29°57′38″N 90°00′46″W
Area	less than one acre
Built	1937
Architect	E.A. Christy
Architectural style	Italian Renaissance Revival
NRHP reference No.	16000672[1]
Added to NRHP	October 10, 2016

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]

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

Post-integration

In 2016 the school was listed on the National Register of Historic Places for its role in school desegregation.

References

1. "McDonogh 19 Elementary School". National Park Service. Retrieved August 10, 2019.
2. 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.

External links

Media related to McDonogh 19 Elementary School at Wikimedia Commons