The places we keep / A July 2017 report
An old school. A new chapter.
Keeping a familiar building useful.
Attributed reporting · historical snapshot · Reviewed October 30, 2026
In July 2017, KY3 reported on volunteers remodeling the original Reeds Spring high school. City offices had recently moved into the stone building, and project leaders described plans to make a community center in the old gym.
The report attributed the school’s Great Depression and Works Progress Administration origins to Alderwoman Susan Rogers. Volunteers hoped to preserve recognizable details and reuse materials removed during the work. The article also described graduates’ names etched into the sidewalks as part of the building’s local memory.
The report distinguishes work already under way from the next phase. Volunteers were working on the building; gym reuse and financing were still being discussed. A plan described in 2017 does not, on its own, establish what was completed, what it cost or how the building is used today.
Our illustration is an architectural interpretation informed by the 2017 view, not a reconstruction of the school in the 1930s. We have not added a historic crowd, guessed an opening-day scene or presented the artwork as proof of the building’s current condition.
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Historical details not yet established. The reviewed 2017 account does not establish the final gym project, actual expenditure or current access and use.
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- Remodeling project gives new purpose to original Reeds Spring HS building. Last successful retrieval: October 30, 2026.
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Remodeling project gives new purpose to original Reeds Spring HS building ↗
Kadee Brosseau / KY3 · 2017-07-05
Report body: city offices, volunteer work, WPA attribution and planned gym reuse
Last successful retrieval and editorial review: October 30, 2026. Historical source; no current-condition claim.
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