F. D. McArthur School
F. D. McArthur School (originally 17th Avenue School, also F. D. McArthur Elementary School) was a former Birmingham city school located on the northwest corner of 17th Avenue North and 25th Street near Physicians Medical Center Carraway. It was constructed in 1910 and later named for attorney and Birmingham Board of Education president F. D. McArthur.
The school's colors were green and white, and its mascot was the Hornets.
On June 13, 2004 the Birmingham City Council agreed to buy the McArthur School, Baker Elementary School and Fairview Elementary Schools from the school system for a total of $654,000. The purpose of the transaction was to bank land for future residential use.
In 2008 Mayor Larry Langford announced that Shinsegae USA, Inc., a South Korean-owned firm which is investing in the adjacent medical center, would also purchase the school building and renovate it as a school for Korean students.
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References
- DeButts, Jimmy (June 25, 2008) "Physicians Medical Center's South Korean investors to buy, restore McArthur School." Birmingham Business Journal