Simms School Building

Simms School Building
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Simms School, March 2009
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Location	1680 11th Ave., Huntington, West Virginia
Coordinates	38°24′50″N 82°25′34″W
Area	0.6 acres (0.24 ha)
Built	1919
Architectural style	Classical Revival
NRHP reference No.	96000438[1]
Added to NRHP	May 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]

See also

• National Register of Historic Places listings in Cabell County, West Virginia

References

1. "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 July 23, 2011.