- 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.
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