Second Ward Negro Elementary School
Second Ward Negro Elementary School | |
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39°37′17″N 79°56′57″W / 39.62139°N 79.94917°W / 39.62139; -79.94917 | |
Area | 1.9 acres (0.77 ha) |
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Built | 1939 |
Architect | Tucker & Silling; Russell, John W. |
Architectural style | Art Deco |
NRHP reference No. | 92000896[1] |
Added to NRHP | July 28, 1992 |
Second Ward Negro Elementary School, also known as the Second Ward Annex, is a historic school building located at Morgantown, Monongalia County, West Virginia. It was built in 1938–1939, and is a one-story, plus basement, T-shaped brick building in the Art Deco style. It sits on a sandstone foundation. Funds for the building's construction were provided by the Works Progress Administration. It functioned as a school for African American students and a community center until the end of segregation in 1954. The building reopened as a school annex and Instructional Materials Center in the 1960s, but ceased being used as a school in 1993.[2]
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1992. It is located in the Greenmont Historic District, listed in 2005.[1]
References
- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
- ^ Teresa Statler and Barbara J. Howe (April 1992). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Second Ward Negro Elementary School" (PDF). State of West Virginia, West Virginia Division of Culture and History, Historic Preservation. Retrieved 2011-08-18.
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