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Simms School Building

Coordinates: 38°24′50″N 82°25′34″W / 38.41389°N 82.42611°W / 38.41389; -82.42611
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Simms School Building
Simms School, March 2009
Simms School Building is located in West Virginia
Simms School Building
Simms School Building is located in the United States
Simms School Building
Location1680 11th Ave.,
Huntington, West Virginia
Coordinates38°24′50″N 82°25′34″W / 38.41389°N 82.42611°W / 38.41389; -82.42611
Area0.6 acres (0.24 ha)
Built1919
Architectural styleClassical Revival
NRHP reference No.96000438[1]
Added to NRHPMay 12, 1997

Simms School Building is a historic elementary school building located at Huntington, Cabell County, West Virginia. It was built in 1919–1920, and is a two-story wire brick, steel frame building in the Classical Revival style. It has a square plan, with a center auditorium surrounded by a circular corridor with classrooms on three sides. The front entrance has a center colonnade with four round limestone Doric order columns capped with a limestone frieze and projecting cornice. The second floor features an open porch with wood columns and a projecting cornice topped by a clay tile mansard roof. An addition was completed in 1964. The school closed after 1980, and it now houses 20 apartment units for the elderly.[2]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1997.[1]

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  1. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. ^ Richard J. Dickson (February 1997). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Simms School Building" (PDF). State of West Virginia, West Virginia Division of Culture and History, Historic Preservation. Retrieved 2011-07-23.