Old Huntington High School

38°24′46″N 82°26′46″W / 38.41278°N 82.44611°W / 38.41278; -82.44611

Public school in Huntington, West Virginia, United States

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Huntington High School

U.S. National Register of Historic Places

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Location900 Eighth St., Huntington, West VirginiaCoordinates38°24′46″N 82°26′34″W / 38.4128°N 82.4429°W / 38.4128; -82.4429Area3.5 acres (1.4 ha)Built1916 (1916)ArchitectVerus T. RitterArchitectural styleClassical RevivalNRHP reference No.00000248^[1]Added to NRHPApril 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 built to consolidate Old Huntington High and Huntington East High School into a single institution; the new school opened in August 1996 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]

Notable alumni

1917 - Hoge Workman, retired relief pitcher in Major League Baseball and a player-coach in the National Football League^[3]
1939 - Dagmar, former actress, model, and television personality of 1950
1942 - Marshall Hawkins, retired NBA basketball Forward^[4]
1944 - Soupy Sales, former comedian and entertainer, notable panelist on the television hit What's My Line?
1955 - Leo Byrd, gold medalist at the 1959 Pan American Games for Basketball^[5]
1955 - Homer Heck, former West Virginia House of Delegates
1962 - Jacqueline Jackson, author and peace activist
1977 - Bruce R. Evans, venture capitalist, corporate director and philanthropist^[6]
1982 - Rick Reed, former MLB starting pitcher for the Cincinnati Reds, Pittsburgh Pirates, New York Mets, and Minnesota Twins^[7]
1983 - Jim Thornton, radio, television announcer, and voice actor; current Wheel of Fortune announcer
1984 - Ken Chertow, U.S. Olympic freestyle wrestler at the 1988 Summer Olympics^[8]

References

^ ^a ^b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
^ 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.
^ "Hoge Workman Football Reference Profile". Baseball Reference. Retrieved August 9, 2023.
^ "Marshall Hawkins Basketball Reference Profile". Basketball Reference. Retrieved August 9, 2023.
^ Thacker, Jim (2010). "Player Profile: Leo Byrd". BigBlueHistory.net. Retrieved October 10, 2010.
^ "Business leaders to join Engineering Academy of Distinguished Alumni". Vanderbilt University School of Engineering. Vanderbilt University. January 30, 2014. Retrieved August 27, 2017.
^ "Rick Reed Baseball Reference Profile". Baseball Reference. Retrieved August 9, 2023.
^ Former Olympic wrestler from Huntington trains future Olympians. wsaz.com. Retrieved April 9, 2023.