Douglass Junior and Senior High School

Douglass Junior and Senior High School
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Douglass Junior and Senior High School, March 2009
Location:	Tenth Ave. and Bruce St., Huntington, West Virginia
Coordinates:	38°24′52″N 82°25′53″W / 38.41444°N 82.43139°W / 38.41444; -82.43139Coordinates: 38°24′52″N 82°25′53″W / 38.41444°N 82.43139°W / 38.41444; -82.43139
Area:	0.8 acres (0.32 ha)
Built:	1924
Architect:	Frampton & Bowers
NRHP Reference#:	85003091 [1]
Added to NRHP:	December 5, 1985

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.^[2] It now serves as a community center.

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1985.^[1]

Notable alumni

• Hal Greer (1936 - ) - First African American athlete at Marshall University. He was a long time star with the Philadelphia 76ers
• Carter G. Woodson (1875-1950) - graduated in 1895, from Douglass High School and later served as the school's principal; predecessor school of Douglass Junior and Senior High School

References

1. ^ ^{a b} "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. 2010-07-09. http://nrhp.focus.nps.gov/natreg/docs/All_Data.html. 
2. ^ Dr. Alan B. Gould (July 1985). "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. http://www.wvculture.org/shpo/nr/pdf/cabell/85003091.pdf. Retrieved 2011-07-23.