Named after a freed slave, the J. Milton Turner School was built as part of the Kirkwood School district in Meacham Park, a predominantly African American area that was only later annexed into the City of Kirkwood (many of us know how that turned out).
Of course, the school was segregated at the time of its construction in 1924.
There was a later addition in 1948, and while the school ceased to function as an educational building after desegregation, it looks to have been renovated and is in great shape today.
According to Google Maps, it is still owned by Kirkwood Public Schools, and may function as an administrative building.
