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Ceremonial Groundbreaking for Lincoln Grant Scholar House coming Monday at historic site


The historic school  (Kenton County Library Archives)

The historic school (Kenton County Library Archives)

Groundbreaking for the long-anticipated Lincoln Grant Scholar House will take place Monday at 4:30 p.m. at the site of the historic Lincoln Grant School, 824 Greenup Street in Covington.

The school was originally built in 1931. It will return to its roots as a home for 45 single parent families pursing a college degree while providing educational programming support to benefit the neighborhood and community at large.

Developers expect to preserve the art deco community theater.

Refreshments will be served following the event in the LaSallette Gardens Community Room at 704 Greenup Street.

The school today

The school today

Covington city commissioners authorized the development of the project last July.

Single-parent families will be provided with an education program and an affordable housing component, academic advisers, family support services, peer support and activities to help the children and families build a strong community throughout the building. Students will also be required to maintain a certain grade point average and work four hours of community service a week.

The development agreement approved by the city calls for Covington to contribute $150,000 in Community Development Block Grant funds and $250,000 in HOME funds.

The development team for the project has partnered with Marian Development Group, the Northern Kentucky Community Action Commission, and PNC bank.

The building opened in 1932 as a school for African-American students, kindergarten through 12th grade. William Grant High School closed in 1965 and students transferred to Holmes High School.

After integration, Lincoln Grant remained an elementary school until it closed in 1976 because of dwindling enrollment. The building then became the Northern Kentucky Community Center, until 2003. Since then the building has remained vacant and deteriorating.

Students will be able to attend various colleges from around the area. Numerous after-school programs will be available for children while their parents are in class or working in the community. Those include the Head Start Center in Covington.

The Lincoln Grant Scholar House will contain 45 apartments of both two- and three-bedroom units. Twenty-five of these units will be constructed from rooms inside the building, while 20 will be newly constructed units not originally part of the building.

See these related NKyTribune stories:

https://nkytribune.com/2015/07/reunion-to-celebrate-the-life-and-legacy-of-covingtons-lincoln-william-grant-high-school

https://nkytribune.com/2015/07/lincoln-grant-scholar-house-construction-will-bring-new-life-to-historic-school-building-in-covington/


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