Built 1924 Opened 1924 Added to NRHP 5 December 1985 | NRHP Reference # 85003091 Area 3,200 m² | |
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Location Tenth Ave. and Bruce St., Huntington, West Virginia Architect Bates, Frampton & Bowers Similar Garnet High School, Huntington Museum of Art, Marshall University, Camden Park, Big Sandy Superstore Arena | ||
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. It now serves as a community center.
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1985.
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