Theodore Roosevelt Elementary School
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Theodore Roosevelt Elementary School was an elementary school in Louisville, Kentucky
's Portland
neighborhood. It was built in 1866. It was initially known as Eleventh Ward School, and became Duncan Elementary School in 1870, then Roosevelt Elementary School in 1920, in honor of former United States
President Theodore Roosevelt
.
Louisville, Kentucky
Louisville is the largest city in the U.S. state of Kentucky, and the county seat of Jefferson County. Since 2003, the city's borders have been coterminous with those of the county because of a city-county merger. The city's population at the 2010 census was 741,096...
's Portland
Portland, Louisville
Portland is a neighborhood and former independent town two miles northwest of downtown Louisville, Kentucky. In its early days it was the largest of the six major settlements at the Falls of the Ohio River, the others being Shippingport and Louisville in Kentucky and New Albany, Clarksville, and...
neighborhood. It was built in 1866. It was initially known as Eleventh Ward School, and became Duncan Elementary School in 1870, then Roosevelt Elementary School in 1920, in honor of former United States
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
President Theodore Roosevelt
Theodore Roosevelt
Theodore "Teddy" Roosevelt was the 26th President of the United States . He is noted for his exuberant personality, range of interests and achievements, and his leadership of the Progressive Movement, as well as his "cowboy" persona and robust masculinity...
.