Simms School Building
Simms School Building | |
![]() Simms School, March 2009 | |
38°24′50″N 82°25′34″W / 38.41389°N 82.42611°W / 38.41389; -82.42611 | |
Area | 0.6 acres (0.24 ha) |
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Built | 1919 |
Architectural style | Classical Revival |
NRHP reference No. | 96000438[1] |
Added to NRHP | May 12, 1997 |
Simms School Building is a historic elementary school building located at Huntington, Cabell County, West Virginia. It was built in 1919–1920, and is a two-story wire brick, steel frame building in the Classical Revival style. It has a square plan, with a center auditorium surrounded by a circular corridor with classrooms on three sides. The front entrance has a center colonnade with four round limestone Doric order columns capped with a limestone frieze and projecting cornice. The second floor features an open porch with wood columns and a projecting cornice topped by a clay tile mansard roof. An addition was completed in 1964. The school closed after 1980, and it now houses 20 apartment units for the elderly.[2]
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1997.[1]
See also
References
- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
- ^ Richard J. Dickson (February 1997). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Simms School Building" (PDF). State of West Virginia, West Virginia Division of Culture and History, Historic Preservation. Retrieved 2011-07-23.
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