Garnet High School

Garnet High School

Garnet High School, April 2009
Location 422 Dickinson St., Charleston, West Virginia
Coordinates 38°21′4″N 81°37′48″W / 38.35111°N 81.63000°W / 38.35111; -81.63000Coordinates: 38°21′4″N 81°37′48″W / 38.35111°N 81.63000°W / 38.35111; -81.63000
Built 1928
Architect Warne,Tucker,Silling & Hutchison
Architectural style Classical Revival
NRHP Reference #

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 located at 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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References

  1. 1 2 National Park Service (2009-03-13). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
  2. ↑ "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.


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