Boundary increase Added to NRHP 4 February 2011 | Phone +1 330-898-7480 | |
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Location OH 305, Southington, Ohio NRHP Reference # 10001214 (original)
12000464 (increase) Address 2482 OH-534, Southington, OH 44470, USA District Southington Local School District Similar Warren G Harding High Sch, Champion School Superinte, Newton Falls High School, Howland High School, James A Garfield Elementary | ||
Chalker High School is a public high school in Southington, Ohio. It is the only high school in the Southington Local Schools district. Their athletic mascot is the Wildcats.
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History
Chalker High School is named for Newton Chalker, an attorney who was born in Southington in 1842. Chalker created an endowment for the high school when schools in the township agreed to consolidate smaller schools in a central location. The town agreed to consolidation, and the original campus was completed in 1907, consisting of the Chalker High School building and a smaller elementary school. Newton Chalker agreed to pay for Chalker High school, as long as the townspeople would pay for the elementary school building, which wasn't nearly as grand, totaling $6000 as compared to the Chalker Building's $20,000. The high school was constructed in the Neoclassical Revival architectural style, including fluted columns and a pedimented gable. The building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on February 4, 2011.