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Durrett High School — Louisville, KY

Posted by DaveSanders | Kentucky | Posted on January 13th, 2010

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Durrett High School building today

Sallie Phillips Durrett High School

4409 Preston Highway
Louisville, KY 40213

colors: Royal Blue & gold
mascot: Demons

Durrett Junior High School opened in 1954, built on land owned by the Durrett and Phillips families. In 1957, the building was expanded to house Durrett High School. Rather than transferring students into the new high school, the Durrett Junior High Freshman led the way through and became the first graduating class in 1960. In 1968, the old Durrett family home that still stood on the property was demolished. Durrett High School closed after the final graduation ceremonies in 1981. From 1981 until 1991, the building was used by Jefferson County Public Schools’ Library Media Services and was home to the Durrett Education Center. In the Fall of 1991, after a $7 million makeover, it became the home of Louisville Male High School.

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There are 2500+ Durrett High School alumni registered at Classmates.com.

There are two Durrett High School groups on Facebook. One has 50+ members and the other has 190+ members.

———- Athletic Highlights ———-

Cross Country

– Steve Boyd, was the Individual Class AAA State Champion in 1967.

Football

– 1959 – Lost in the State Finals (duPont Manual 41, Durrett 14)

Baseball

– 1970 – Catcher, Terry Mappin, was drafted by the Detroit Tigers in the first round
– 1971 – 1st Baseman, Lynn Minner, was drafted by the Oakland Athletics in the second round
– 1979 – Durrett lost in the State Semi-finals (Shelby County 5, Durrett 3)

———- Durrett Folks in Music & the Arts ———-

– Shirley Caddell & The Aristocrats recorded two songs in 1963: “The Big Bounce” and “Don’t Hurt A Good Thing“.

– Leon Middleton has played sax with everybody from Louisville’s own Monarchs to the Beach Boys.

– George Poole started out with the Aztecs, a group of Durrett singers. He is now part of The Doo-Wop All-Stars.

– Paul Penny (Paul Stodghill) sang and played with the Carnations and TrenDells, recorded five solo albums and still performs locally. Contact him through paulpennyband.com.

– Marsha (Williams) Norman, is a playwright, screenwriter, and novelist. In 1983, she received the Pulitzer Prize for Drama for her play, ‘night, Mother. You can review her work at Amazon.com.

- Former Durrett art teacher, Ginger Adams, is teaching art classes at The Riverbend Academy in Henderson.

– Kenneth M. LaMaster (Class of ’79) has authored two books: U. S. Penitentiary Leavenworth (Images of America) and Fort Leavenworth (Images of America).

If you have additional info or memories about Durrett High School, please leave a comment below.