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Booker T. Washington High School (London, West Virginia)

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Area
  
less than one acre

NRHP Reference #
  
99001399

Architectural style
  
Streamline Moderne

Built
  
1925

Opened
  
1925

Added to NRHP
  
3 December 1999

Booker T. Washington High School (London, West Virginia)

Location
  
Wyatt St. off U.S. Route 60, near London, West Virginia

Booker T. Washington High School, also known as Grant Junior High School and Grant Elementary, is a historic high school building located near London, Kanawha County, West Virginia. It was built in 1925, and is a two-story, "L"-shaped wire brick building with a rear section in tile block and brick. It is in the Streamline Moderne style. It was built as a high school for African American children during the period of segregated educational facilities. After desegregation in 1956, it was used as a junior high school, then an elementary school. The school closed in June 1986, and is now used as a community center. It was one of two early high schools for African Americans in Kanawha County.

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1999.

References

Booker T. Washington High School (London, West Virginia) Wikipedia