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 Staff (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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