Old Huntington High School

Huntington High School
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Old Huntington High School, March 2009
Location	900 Eighth St., Huntington, West Virginia
Coordinates	38°24′46″N 82°26′34″W / 38.4128°N 82.4429°WCoordinates: 38°24′46″N 82°26′34″W / 38.4128°N 82.4429°W
Area	3.5 acres (1.4 ha)
Built	1916
Architect	Ritter, Versus T.
Architectural style	Classical Revival
NRHP Reference #	00000248[1]
Added to NRHP	April 4, 2000

Old Huntington High School is a historic high school building located at Huntington, Cabell County, West Virginia. It was built in 1916, and is a 4 1/2 story buff brick building in the Classical Revival style. It consists of a long rectangle with a shorter rectangular wing on each end of the main rectangle forming a "U" shape. The courtyard is enclosed with three additions completed in 1951 (gymnasium), 1956 (cafeteria), and 1977. The building contains 155,512 square feet (14,447.5 m²) of space. The kitchen is located in an older red brick building built in 1916, built originally as a carriage house. The last graduating class was in 1996. A new facility was constructed and opened in the fall of 1996, known as Huntington High School.^[2] It is now known as The Renaissance Center. Part of the building was converted into apartments. The YMCA uses part of it for workout facilities and a daycare facility. The building also houses studio space, an auditorium, and small art gallery.

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2000.^[1]

Alumni

• Dagmar, an American actress, model and television personality of the 1950s.
• Soupy Sales, comedian and entertainer, notable panelist on the television hit What's My Line?

References

1. National Park Service (2010-07-09). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
2. Richard J. Dickson (September 1999). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Huntington High School" (PDF). State of West Virginia, West Virginia Division of Culture and History, Historic Preservation. Retrieved 2011-07-23.