Holmes High School
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Holmes High School in Covington, Kentucky is the oldest public high school in Kentucky, founded as Covington Central High in 1853.
The original school started with 20 students. In 1919 the school moved to the mansion Holmesdale, built by Daniel Henry Holmes, who owned retail stores in Covington and New Orleans. Holmesdale was a 32-room mansion built on about 17 acres. It was sold in 1919 by the Holmes family to the Covington Board of Education for $50,000. The site is now part of the Holmes High School campus. Holmesdale was used for a school cafeteria for a time, but was torn down in 1936 to make way for an administration building.
The school offers a wide range of programs from International Baccalaureate courses to technical and career classes. Its distinguished graduates include the mathematician Carl Faith, and nuclear scientist Dick Lewis.
