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 Carraway Hospital. It was 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.
The school was closed in May 1997. A 2003 agreement to sell the property to a church fell through. 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 was interested in the adjacent medical center, would also purchase the school building and invest $2.5-3 million to renovate it as a nursing school for Korean students who want to work in the United States.
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References
- "Birmingham sells McArthur School" (September 24, 2003) The Birmingham News
- DeButts, Jimmy (June 25, 2008) "Physicians Medical Center's South Korean investors to buy, restore McArthur School." Birmingham Business Journal
- Velasco, Anna and Joseph Bryant (June 26, 2008) "South Koreans to invest in Norwood as well as hospital." The Birmingham News