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Old Sutton High School

Coordinates: 38°40′00″N 80°42′26″W / 38.6666°N 80.7073°W / 38.6666; -80.7073
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Old Sutton High School
Site of the school
Old Sutton High School is located in West Virginia
Old Sutton High School
Old Sutton High School is located in the United States
Old Sutton High School
LocationN. Hill Rd, Sutton, West Virginia
Coordinates38°40′00″N 80°42′26″W / 38.6666°N 80.7073°W / 38.6666; -80.7073
Area1.5 acres (0.61 ha)
Built1906
ArchitectWill F. Davis
NRHP reference No.79002570[1]
Added to NRHPAugust 29, 1979

Old Sutton High School, also known as Sutton Grade School, was a historic school located at Sutton, Braxton County, West Virginia. It was built in 1906, and was a three-story red brick building. It measured 68 feet by 64 feet and featured a three-story, truncated entrance tower. It housed eight classrooms, a full basement, and an auditorium on the third floor. Rooms had high, pressed tin ceilings.[2]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1979,[1] and demolished in 2008.

References

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  1. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
  2. ^ Rodney S. Collins (April 1979). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Old Sutton High School" (PDF). State of West Virginia, West Virginia Division of Culture and History, Historic Preservation. Retrieved 2011-06-02.