Former African-American school turned into museum

  • 2017-11-29
The former Southgate Street School has recently become the home of the Newport History Museum.

The change was made possible thanks to the collaboration of Masonic Lodge 120, Northern Kentucky University, Prince Hall Chapter, the City of Newport, and several other sponsors and contributors from the community.

It was offered to the city for use as a museum by Prince Hall Chapter and Masonic Lodge 120, who have owned and maintained it for many years. It will honor the educators who participated in and students who have passed through the school, celebrating and engaging the diversity in the community.

The building will serve as a community meeting place and continue to host meetings for the Masonic Lodge 120 as well as being the Newport History Museum. There will be classes in the Museum on the preservation of historic elements of buildings, such as plastering, tuck pointing, and windows.

Robert Ingguls, a member of Masonic Lodge 120 and alumnus of the Southgate Street School alumnus, said that it took the efforts of the Historic Preservation Officer of the City, Scott Clark, Mayor Jerry Peluso, the Museum Director, and many others to make this project come to fruition.

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