Welcome to Historical West Point Kentucky! This is one of many stops on your cache tour of West Point, placed in conjunction with the CITO Earth Day. The purpose is to bring you to historical locations around West Point to give you a look into our past. This is the site of the West Point Independent Colored School. Constructed in 1925 through the use of Rosenwald Funds, the school was the only elementary education facility for African Americans in West Point and Northern Hardin County from 1926 -1956 when segregation ended in the Region. This was a typical one-room school which has submitted to weather and age over time. Rosenwald Schools are historical significant reminders of the contributions of Julius Rosenwald, Brooker T. Washington and the Tuskegee Institute in their roles to provide education to rural African Americans in Kentucky and 14 other southern states. From the cache you can still see the door way and steps leading into the school and if you listen closely can hear the children playing, bell ringing and the scramble of footsteps running back into the one room classroom.
The cache is located very close to the old school, however do not across or go near the electric fence. The school is in a very unstable condition please do not enter or go near the structure. This is not authorized for Night Caching, Enjoy the tour!