Second Ward Negro Elementary School

Second Ward Negro Elementary School
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Location	Jct. of White and Posten Aves., Morgantown, West Virginia
Coordinates	39°37′17″N 79°56′57″W / 39.62139°N 79.94917°WCoordinates: 39°37′17″N 79°56′57″W / 39.62139°N 79.94917°W
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. National Park Service (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.