PCAD - Sacramento Public Schools, Colored School, Downtown, Sacramento, CA

AKA: Sacramento Public Schools, 5th Street between N and O Streets School, Downtown, Sacramento, CA

Structure Type: built works - public buildings - schools

Designers: [unspecified]

Dates: [unspecified]

5th Street
Downtown, Sacramento, CA 95814

The location of the "Colored School" in Sacramento is approximate, on 5th Street between N and O Streets.

Building History

In 1866, the Sacramento Public Schools operated a "Colored School" for non-Caucasian students. Julia Folger was its principal in 1866. It operated on 5th Street between N and O in a brick building, with 47 pupils attending. (See Sacramento, California, City Directory, 1866, p. 29.)

PCAD id: 24962

Sacramento Public Schools, Colored School, Downtown, Sacramento, CA demolished