United States kpar tment of the In t e r io r National Park Service

NATIC:.NAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC TL~CES R E G 1 S'JTATIC)N FORM

h i s t o r i c name : -Second Ward Negro Elementary School

3 . Class i f ica t ion

Category of Property : -building

Nlmker of Resources within Froprt,y :

7 3 N u m b e r .jf c r r i t . r i b ~ . : t i rrsi:l.l.rce% ; ; r ~ v i ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ i;z+e-? 2.; :,he y,r..T,ional Register : C)

Second Ward Negro Elementary School -

As the design,at.eci authori ty w&r the F,3t,ii1)11~3.l Hiet.c!~'io Fr.esery3t.iofi A c t , of 1936 , as mendecl, I hereby cer-cify t.hat. t h i s nr,omhati{_sn - request f o r detemirlation of e lQibil i t .y rr~~&s t,he di:~s!;lnentatial stxndards for regis ter ing p r o ~ r t , i c s in the Nf5.ti(::rial Register i>f

Histmric Places =id w e t s the pr~xe!,ural xi:? professir,nal r . , - ~ . ~ i r e r ~ n t , ~ my upinior~, the pn:,:&rt.y r , e t s

Frgist.er Cri+:.ia. - I- a ,*e (~:ci;t, j~-l~-iatic~:r~

sheet

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S b t e o r Federal zgenc;. and bureau

S b a t u r e of commenting o r other o f f i c i a l h t e

5 . National Park Senice Ce,-tification

I , hereby c e r t i f y t h a t t h i s pmperty is:

e n k r e d i n the National Register

- See continuation sheet . - cietemk~ed e l i g i b l e f o r the

National Register - See continuation sheet .

- determined not e l i g i b l e f o r the

National Register - renoved from the National Register

&cmd Ward Negm Elementary Schccl

His tor ic : -Education Sub : S c h o o l

Cur-rent : -Education Sub : S c h c m l

Other Description:

Materials : foundation sandstone- mof aspkralt- walls brick other

8 . Statement of Signif i c . m c ~

Applicable National Register Cr i t e r i a : -A-

C r i t e r i a Considerations ( Except i:~;rls ) : G

Cul tur~ t i Aff i l ia t ion : N/ A

-X- See continuation sheet.

Tkie S-arid Ward Negm Eieni~_tni,,3ry S&(>oi is s i.griific~xitr. 1.1.ric:ter ( ;r i teria A , e v m t s which have made a sigriific,x~t ~~r i~ . r ib~~i .+&: ; r~ t . ~ the brc:;,3d ;a t , terms of h r i c a n h i s to ry , &awe i", represents Af r i c . ~ his tory Monor~aiia Colxity, N e s t , 'Jirgiriia fmm :938 t o 19.54, the years ,-J1rkg which it, f imct. iond as .a s&ool fcr A f r i c . x ~ - , k r i ~ _ " x ~ s a d as a (1:om1-u-~ity center fm- the black ~ ~ p 1 2 l E i t i ~ r i :,f ?lorgan~,own. The &~.ilciirig a l so ha:; scme ,arckiitecturai signific,irrc:c- as t he vc1r.k i:~f ;he f i r m , ~ f md S i l l k g , one of West 7 L r g b i a - s mst, p r o m i r e n t , a r c h i t e c t u r a l f i m s . Tkle school maintained i+,s signif icarc- to the Af r i c , ~ - , c o m u l i t y

Bolmdary Jlst i f icat ion : - S e e cmtinuat icn sheet

The blx~daries of the p m ~ r t ' ~ 'ce jus t i f ied the leg,31?y mcrorded boundaries mentioned a b v e and by btt i man-mde .ri~~c:t nat.urfti t.i>mgraphic features . TWO of the bur~daries are White cad R:)st,en avenl-les, mii te Avenue n-ms east-vest i n f ron t .s;f the 'ca~il:iirg. Pixten Aven~.ze n x ~ s north-south a lcrx t.kie west s ide ,;r' the b.lii:l',k-ig ciTlid t,hen east-qest, &hind l / 2 of the so~.it.h s ide of the prc;gertt.;. T k prc:pert,y 5 natural

7 7 bolmcjary is a i h e of +.res 3-id a small W(I;CI::::~Q t.0 ?.he si:;~.ltheas-t. : id east of the h i l d i r i i .

Nameflitle : -Teresa S t a t ler , s tudent , and Barbara J . Howe , hssociate Professor

Organization-kpt. of History, West Virginia Date 1 3 April 1982 University

Street & Number-202 Woodburn Hall Telephone 304-299-2421-

City o r Town -Morgantown State WV- ZIP -26506

The school , g r c j ~ d , ~ retztirr a ni_&i miegre ;r' their. r_!r.i&-ial int.egrizy. > . > 7 . - The mnex ,stmcls -,n 2 small 2 ~ 1 ~ , ; mc? s grassy iawn 1s ioL:at& in -the

2 i,-c,rli- ,:tf the bi.:ildkg ; ,711 :r:)rh ;:,ides 1 f the ~ t ~ , r ) s . ,3ri,:] :::]I :i;e east side

af the bui l i j i r g . X:e ?la yrs:.md ~-:lipmerit. zonz izt.~ .:~f a s lidir~-ix~~rc? , Y ~ ~ s . ~ w G , ;nr,&~.y - rnr~ , .:-I: r;;j,wr, S W ~ : I . ~ - E ~ T E ; xhi;;.h ~e_rfi pl~lr~:~i,3~d , j ~ r F ; g

NPS Form 10-90O-.s 1024-0018 ( 8-86 )

!CXIIE Appmval No.

United S ta tes Departrent of the I n t e r i o r National Park Service

NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES CONTI NlJAT ION SHEET

7 Section number Second Ward Negm Elementary School

the 1940s and 1950s. In 1940, a w a l l was b~ilt arcmnc? the front of the school-yard, and t h a t remains today.

Cue t o school consolidation in Monorgalia Colmty, the amrx will no longer be used a s 2 school a f t e r 1993. The Morgantcwn Landmarks Cbrnrnission and Monongalin Chmty bard of Educat. ion are interes ted in having the building used a s a community center when the school L o s e s

8 Section n m k r Second Wad Negro Elercentary 3zhool

t ix tbooks , the African-American s tuden t s received those previously used by t h e white s tuden t s .

O f t h e twenty-one WPA p r o j e c t s , t h r e e of +'- die - new schrmls, Second Ward Negro Elementary, one of t he E v e r e t t v i l l e schools , and s s d ~ o o l h-I Ckage, served African-American c h i l d r e n . The sch(;lol !:&ge was p r a c t i c a l l y destroyed by a d.ynmit.e b l a s t on Novemkr 10, 19.53. a e schcol i n E v e r e t t v i l l e has k e n converted t o a senii>r , : i t i ~ e n s ,wrltl.;.r

s e rves a s a cornmc;dities 4 i s t r i i ru t ion po in t for t,he a r e a . Ril.l.s, Second WZXC~ Negro Elementary is t h e only one r>f the three lef t sepjirg its o r i g i n a l purLwjse ss a schriol b ~ i l i j i r g . In ,3cldit,ic;n; t,& &f:.i:;.~%~- .American high schml , Monorgalia X&h Sckiool ;*iest,over was C I ~ ~ I - ~ : ~ ~ , L T . J C > ~ ~

b e g h r ~ i ~ g i n 1931; ; Eleanor 2nosevelt ,jeclict3t,-d ?hair. a<;.hc,~l b-1 193,3 , It, h:me &stc~wer J~.mior Hi& S\~.h<>(>l in 19.5 5 ; E:til,:!wb-g !jltrgr,3t, iL>rl, w a s rerm~rated .st t h a t i;imr. 2y 1354, ti-;e:-f2 i 7 F . y 2rily f i . , r? ~;:i:~i~,l,z, ffcr

blacks ki +he !;~i.mty, ir;cludi.ng the t1lr-e '@A s,:hci<,lS ;LIi,nl>Fgali3 High S:hc<:l.

Unit& S t a t e s Ikpart,,nent of t h e i n t e r i o r National Park : - k r ~ i c e

NATIONAL REGISTER i?F HISTORIC 3WC'ES CC)NTINuATION 331EET

Axhit=tural s mif icxi::e is nr::t. i,jent,if jej 2~ 32-1 i~~jp:>f'tl.~~i; ;:rite r i a here t h i s is essent . ia i iy a simple :.ltr.ilitar.i,3;i !:!~3.ildil-g, ,3,l1:ei+. one designed by a prcmirient prol i f ic : f i r m . %.zed. i n ;3larlest,on, West Virginia , Tucker and S i l l i n g , and t h e i r l a t e r assric::iat;rs, are usually i d e n t i f i& in the Morg~~towrr a rea v i t h much rmre s &gif i(:,:r~ landmarks s~uch a s West Virgjnia ' s B3rer~ax Hal l S x t h ( on ?.he &t.ionai Register ) and Mineral 1ndust.ries ?hi ldir-g ~ i i j +.he 7niver:-; i t y Hospital,%sic Sciences complex.