The Colorado School for the Deaf and Blind (CSDB) is a K-12

K-12

K–12 is a designation for the sum of primary and secondary education. It is used in the United States, Canada, Australia, and New Zealand where P–12 is also commonly used...

 residential school

Boarding school

A boarding school is a school where some or all pupils study and live during the school year with their fellow students and possibly teachers and/or administrators. The word 'boarding' is used in the sense of "bed and board," i.e., lodging and meals...

, located on Knob Hill

Knob Hill

Knob Hill is a neighborhood in central Colorado Springs, Colorado, one mile east of downtown, extending east from South Union Blvd to South Circle Drive, and from East Willamette Ave south to Airport Rd...

, one mile (1.6 km) east of downtown Colorado Springs, Colorado

Colorado

Colorado is a U.S. state that encompasses much of the Rocky Mountains as well as the northeastern portion of the Colorado Plateau and the western edge of the Great Plains...

, near the famous laboratory of Nikola Tesla

Nikola Tesla

Nikola Tesla was a Serbian-American inventor, mechanical engineer, and electrical engineer...

. The school was founded in 1874 as The Colorado Institute for the Education of Mutes by Jonathan R. Kennedy, who had previously been steward at the Kansas State School For the Deaf

Kansas State School For the Deaf

The Kansas School For the Deaf, is a K-12 school, located in downtown Olathe, Kansas. In 1866, it became the first school for the deaf established in the state of Kansas, and today it remains the largest. Originally named the "Asylum for the Deaf and Dumb", the name has been changed several times...

. The school began in a rented house in downtown Colorado Springs with seven students, three of which were Kennedy's own children.