Douglass Junior and Senior High School


Douglass Junior and Senior High School
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Douglass Junior and Senior High School, March 2009
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Location	Tenth Ave. and Bruce St., Huntington, West Virginia
Coordinates	38°24′52″N 82°25′53″W / 38.41444°N 82.43139°W / 38.41444; -82.43139Coordinates: 38°24′52″N 82°25′53″W / 38.41444°N 82.43139°W / 38.41444; -82.43139
Area	0.8 acres (0.32 ha)
Built	1924
Architect	Bates, Frampton & Bowers
NRHP Reference #	85003091^[1]
Added to NRHP	December 5, 1985

Douglass Junior and Senior High School is a historic school building located at Huntington, Cabell County, West Virginia. It was built in 1924, was the segregation-era high school for African Americans in the city. It is a three story building measuring 113 feet wide and 230 feet long. It is built of red brick, with terra cotta trim, and rests on a concrete foundation. It closed as a school in 1961, but continued to be used as a school for special education until 1981. After that it housed educational offices.^[2] It now serves as a community center.

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1985.^[1]

Notable alumni

Hal Greer (1936 - ) - First African American athlete at Marshall University. He was a long time star with the Philadelphia 76ers
Carter G. Woodson (1875-1950) - graduated in 1895, from Douglass High School and later served as the school's principal; predecessor school of Douglass Junior and Senior High School

References

1 2 National Park Service (2010-07-09). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
↑ Dr. Alan B. Gould (July 1985). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Douglass Junior and Senior High School" (PDF). State of West Virginia, West Virginia Division of Culture and History, Historic Preservation. Retrieved 2011-07-23.

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