Second Ward Negro Elementary School

Second Ward Negro Elementary School
Location Jct. of White and Posten Aves., Morgantown, West Virginia
Coordinates 39°37′17″N 79°56′57″W / 39.62139°N 79.94917°W / 39.62139; -79.94917Coordinates: 39°37′17″N 79°56′57″W / 39.62139°N 79.94917°W / 39.62139; -79.94917
Area 1.9 acres (0.77 ha)
Built 1939
Architectural style Art Deco
NRHP Reference # 92000896[1]
Added to NRHP July 28, 1992

Second Ward Negro Elementary School, also known as the Second Ward Annex, is a historic school building located at Morgantown, Monongalia County, West Virginia. It was built in 1938-1939, and is a one-story, plus basement, "T"-shaped brick building in the Art Deco style. It sits on a sandstone foundation. Funds for the building's construction were provided by the Works Progress Administration. It functioned as a school for African American students and a community center until the end of segregation in 1954. The building reopened as a school annex and Instructional Materials Center in the 1960s, but ceased being used as a school in 1993.[2]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1992. It is located in the Greenmont Historic District, listed in 2005.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 Staff (2010-07-09). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
  2. Teresa Statler and Barbara J. Howe (April 1992). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Second Ward Negro Elementary School" (PDF). State of West Virginia, West Virginia Division of Culture and History, Historic Preservation. Retrieved 2011-08-18.


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