Douglass Junior and Senior High School
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| location | Huntington , West Virginia | ||
| Coordinates | 38 ° 24 '52 " N , 82 ° 25' 53" W | ||
| surface | 0.0032 | ||
| Built | 1924 | ||
| NRHP number | [1] 85003091 | ||
| The NRHP added | 5th December 1985 | ||
Douglass Junior and Senior High School is a historic school building in Huntington , Cabell County , West Virginia . The building was built in 1924 for the Douglass High School as a high school for African Americans in the era of racial segregation built (segregation).
architecture
The building is located at Tenth Avenue and Bruce Street . It is three-story and 113 ft (34.4 m) wide and 230 ft (70.1 m) long. It is walled up with red bricks with a terracotta- colored cut and stands on a concrete foundation.
history
The original school closed in 1961, and a special education school continued until 1981. After that, offices of the education authority were housed there.
Today there is a community center in the building.
In 1985 the building was added to the National Register of Historic Places .
Personalities
- Hal Greer (1936–2018), first African American athlete at Marshall University , longtime playmaker with the Philadelphia 76ers
- Carter G. Woodson (1875–1950), educator, graduated from the school in 1895 and later became a principal
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b " National Register Information System ". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
- ↑ Dr. Alan B. Gould: National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Douglass Junior and Senior High School . State of West Virginia, West Virginia Division of Culture and History, Historic Preservation. July 1985. Retrieved July 23, 2011.