This information is a work in progress at all times! If you have any information that would be helpful to us in collecting documentation about our district's history, please contact Cheri Gossett at 270-247-8299.
Please note that "current" in this document means as of July 2016.
| 1900-1910 |
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| 1908 |
Mayfield Independent City School District was established on July 1, 1908 with the selection and meeting of its first Board Members, organized by Mr. W.J. Webb.
The first official school year as an independent school district was the 1908-1909 school year. |
| Mayfield High School |
Location: West Walnut Street |
School Opened Sept. 1908 |
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| Dunbar Colored School |
Location:In a home on Water Street |
Independent Negro School, advised to joined with City Schools to receive better funding from the State |
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| Old W KY College |
Location: 112 West College (Current location of Mayfield Middle) |
Mayfield purchased the Old West KY College so that it would not be in competition with the high school.It was owned by the Christian Churches. |
| 1909 |
| Mayfield High School moved to Old W KY College Bldng. |
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| 1920-1929 |
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| 1921 |
The new Dunbar school was constructed in the south-west part of town (assuming on the lot where the bus garage is today).
This was a two story brick building with the elementary school on the lower level and the high school upstairs. |
| 1924 |
A new stadium was built behind the high school and dedicated on Nov. 6, 1925 at the Madisonville/Mayfield Game.
Up to this point, games were played at Cyclone Park, which was in the far north corner of what we now know as Maplewood Cemetary. |
| 1927 |
| T.P. Smith Auditorium and Gymnasium for the colored was constructed on South 12th Street by the Dunbar School. |
| 1950-1959 |
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| 1956 |
| Old Longfellow School (on current MMS campus) was called the Wells building and turned into the Band Building for the High School |
| 1958 |
| Dunbar was closed and schools were integrated, by Court Order. |
| 1970-1979 |
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| 1974 |
| Mayfield High School moved to the new (and current)building. |