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Fourth Ward School
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
The front of the former school
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Location	287 Eureka Dr., Morgantown, West Virginia
Coordinates	39°38′35.6″N 79°57′06.9″W / 39.643222°N 79.951917°W / 39.643222; -79.951917
Area	3.5 acres (1.4 ha)
Built	1910
Built by	Smith Construction Co.
Architect	Tucker and Silling
Architectural style	Romanesque
NRHP reference No.	04000914
Added to NRHP	August 25, 2004

Fourth Ward School, also known as the Wiles Hill School, is a historic school building located at Morgantown, Monongalia County, West Virginia. It consists of the original 1910 school building with two historic additions from 1939 and 1952, and the 1983 gymnasium building. It is a two-story, red brick, Romanesque Revival building on a raised basement and water table of ashlar sandstone. The 1939 rear addition was built as a Public Works Administration project and has plain Art Deco style trim The 1939 addition contains a stage and an auditorium / cafeteria.

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2004.

References

1. ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
2. Michael Gioulis (March 2004). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Fourth Ward School" (PDF). State of West Virginia, West Virginia Division of Culture and History, Historic Preservation. Retrieved 2011-08-18.

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