Marlowe Elementary School

Marlowe Elementary School was built in 1922 as an eight-room school to serve grades 1 through 8 in Marlowe, West Virginia. The new school allowed a number of one-room schools in the area to be closed.

Marlowe Consolidated School
Marlowe Elementary School is located in West Virginia
Marlowe Elementary School
Marlowe Elementary School is located in the United States
Marlowe Elementary School
Location9580 Williamsport Pike,
Falling Waters, West Virginia
Coordinates39°35′14″N 77°51′36″W / 39.5871°N 77.8601°W / 39.5871; -77.8601
Built1922
ArchitectDrake, George
Architectural styleGothic
NRHP reference No.06000169
Added to NRHPMarch 22, 2006[1]

The Marlowe School is a two-story brick building on a concrete base. As originally built there were four rooms on each of the two main levels, with a cafeteria and mechanical rooms in the basement. Each classroom was provided with a coatroom. Windows were concentrated on the front and rear of the building with sparsely fenestrated ends. A central stairway serves all levels. The classrooms retain their original wood wainscoting and much of their original character. One story additions have been added to the rear from the 1970s on. The building presently serves grades K through 3 as a primary school.[2]

The school was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2006 as the Marlowe Consolidated School.[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
  2. ^ Taylor, David (August 2005). "National Register of Historic Places Registration Form: Marlowe Consolidated School" (PDF). National Park Service. Retrieved 2009-07-05.
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