Stratton High School – Beckley WV

City:
Beckley, WV

Site Type:
Schools, Education and Health

New Deal Agencies:
Public Works Funding, Public Works Administration (PWA)

Started:
1938

Completed:
1939

Contractor:
J.O. Freeman

Quality of Information:
Very Good

Site Survival:
Extant

Description

The school was built using funding of $48,372 grant from the Public Works Administration. Construction began on 22 August 1938 was completed by contractor J.O. Freeman. The school cost $77,405 when complete with the balance from local and/or state funding. The school opened Fall 1939 as a school for blacks. It survived desegregation. The school is part of the New Deal effort in West Virginia and is considered eligible under Criteria A although further research is needed for determine other criteria.

Source notes

“Stratton School Nearly Complete,” Beckley Raleigh Register, February 15, 1939, p. 10.

“$77,405 Negro High School Completed,” Beckley Raleigh Register, February 22, 1939, p. 5.

“Stratton School Almost Complete,” Beckley Raleigh Register, March 5, 1939, 13.

West Virginia State Historic Preservation Office Historic Property Inventory form RG-0092

Site originally submitted by Ernest Everett Blevins on August 20, 2019.

Location Info


1129 South Fayette Street
Beckley, West Virginia 25801
Raleigh County

Location notes: East corner South Fayette Street and Adamos Street (the original building appears to be the western one on this corner with a newer building to the east). UTM 17N 484656 E 4179935N

Coordinates: 37.766617, -81.174218

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