First Ward School

	First Ward School
	U.S. National Register of Historic Places
	The west and south sides, from South Davis Avenue in July 2014
Location	S. Davis Ave. and 13th St., Elkins, West Virginia
Coordinates	38°55′01″N 79°51′05″W / 38.9170°N 79.8514°W
Area	1 acre (0.40 ha)
Built	1907
Architect	A. C. Lyons
Architectural style	Classical Revival
NRHP reference No.	09001193
Added to NRHP	December 30, 2009

First Ward School is a historic school building located at Elkins, Randolph County, West Virginia. It was built in 1907, is a two-story brick masonry structure, with full basement and sandstone trim. It has a slate covered hipped roof and is in the Classical Revival style. The interior features hard maple flooring and quarter-sawn oak staircases, wainscotings, built-in bookcases, doors, moldings, and trim work. It was built as a combined elementary and high school. It served as an elementary school alone from 1926 to 1976, when the building was retired as a school.^[2]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2009.^[1]

References[edit]

^ ^a ^b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
^ Robert C. Whetsell (March 2009). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: First Ward School" (PDF). State of West Virginia, West Virginia Division of Culture and History, Historic Preservation. Retrieved 2011-09-10.

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[nris-1] "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.

[dhr-2] Robert C. Whetsell (March 2009). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: First Ward School" (PDF). State of West Virginia, West Virginia Division of Culture and History, Historic Preservation. Retrieved 2011-09-10.

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