Garnet High School
Garnet High School | |
 Garnet High School, April 2009 | |
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| Location | 422 Dickinson St., Charleston, West Virginia |
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| Coordinates | 38°21′4″N 81°37′48″W / 38.35111°N 81.63000°W |
| Built | 1928 |
| Architect | Warne, Tucker, Silling & Hutchison |
| Architectural style | Classical Revival |
| NRHP reference No. | 90001068 [1] |
| Added to NRHP | July 24, 1990 |
Garnet High School, also known as Garnet Career Center and Garnet Adult Education Center, is a historic African American high school in Charleston, West Virginia. It is a three-story, brick structure, constructed in 1928-29 from the plans of the prestigious Charleston architectural firm of Warne, Tucker, Silling and Hutchison, and dedicated December 2–4, 1929. The facade features a limestone arched entrance containing two sets of double doors, transom light, and a limestone tympanum. Garnet was one of three high schools in the Kanawha Valley built for African American students. It closed as a high school in 1956, following integration of the public schools, but has been used as a public resource building since that time.[2]
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1990.[1]
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Garnet High School entry, April 2009
References
- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
- ^ "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form" (PDF). Garnet High School. State of West Virginia, West Virginia Division of Culture and History, Historic Preservation. 2009-04-04.
- Buildings and structures in Charleston, West Virginia
- Neoclassical architecture in West Virginia
- Defunct schools in West Virginia
- Educational institutions disestablished in 1956
- Educational institutions established in 1929
- Former school buildings in the United States
- H. Rus Warne buildings
- Historically segregated African-American schools in West Virginia
- National Register of Historic Places in Charleston, West Virginia
- School buildings completed in 1929
- Schools in Kanawha County, West Virginia
- School buildings on the National Register of Historic Places in West Virginia
- Kanawha County, West Virginia Registered Historic Place stubs