Cold Spring Schools
Cold Spring Elementary School-after Walnut Hills Academy burned, this new school was built in 1922 as a one story. A second story was added in 1929 with additional rooms added in 1956, 1959 and in the 1980s. In 1958 the Cold Spring Independent School system merged with the Campbell County system.
Donald Cline Middle School
Cold Spring Seminary-was the first school in Cold Spring and was constructed by Baptist preacher, James Monroe Jolly as early as 1857. It was considered one of the best schools in the area with an early account showing students from Cincinnati, Covington, Newport, Dayton, Falmouth, Augusta, Alexandria and Kenton County. Renamed Walnut Hills Academy before the Civil War.
Saint Joseph Elementary School-organized in the 1870s and now at 4011 Alexandria Pike
Walnut Hills Academy-established by Rev Nicholas C Petitt, the school continued until the Civil War when many of its students enlisted and the building was taken over by a Union provost marshal, who used it to monitor people headed for Cincinnati. Only people with passes were allowed.
Stories in the 1880s showed the academy had as many as 120 students at a time and paid its teachers about $30 a month. The academy featured a piano and choral recitals and lectures, a central point for many of the social events in the county.
The academy was sold in 1875 for use as a
public school. It was operated by the Cold Spring Independent School
system. The old academy building was destroyed in a fire December 6, 1921.
Cold Spring School 1924-1925 Grades 5-7