Stewart Home School

Stewart Home School
Nearest city Frankfort, Kentucky
Coordinates 38°7′35″N 84°54′28″W / 38.12639°N 84.90778°W / 38.12639; -84.90778Coordinates: 38°7′35″N 84°54′28″W / 38.12639°N 84.90778°W / 38.12639; -84.90778
Area 30 acres (12 ha)
Built 1840
Architectural style Greek Revival, Italianate
NRHP Reference # 76000884[1]
Added to NRHP June 03, 1976

Stewart Home School is a residential school in Franklin County, Kentucky for intellectually disabled individuals. The school was established by Dr. John Q. A. Stewart in 1893 on the former site of Kentucky Military Institute on Lawrenceburg Road, five miles southeast of Frankfort.[2] The school has been in continuous operation by five generations of the Stewart family, and was placed on the United States National Register of Historic Places June 3, 1976.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 National Park Service (2009-03-13). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
  2. Coleman, J. Winston (1968). Historic Kentucky (Second ed.). Lexington, Kentucky: Henry Clay Press. p. 85.


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