Booker T. Washington High School | |
Location: | Wyatt St. off U.S. Route 60, near London, West Virginia |
Coordinates: | 38.2011°N -81.3714°W |
Built: | 1925 |
Architecture: | Moderne |
Added: | December 3, 1999 |
Area: | less than one acre |
Refnum: | 99001399 |
Booker T. Washington High School, also known as Grant Junior High School and Grant Elementary, is a historic high school building located near London, Kanawha County, West Virginia. It was built in 1925, and is a two-story, L-shaped wire brick building with a rear section in tile block and brick. It is in the Streamline Moderne style. It was built as a high school for African American children during the period of segregated educational facilities. After desegregation in 1956, it was used as a junior high school, then an elementary school. The school closed in June 1986, and is now used as a community center. It was one of two early high schools for African Americans in Kanawha County.[1]
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1999.