Powhatan High School - Big Chief Yearbook (Powhatan, VA)

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.4 THE OLD POWHATAN HIGH SCHOOL Destroyed by fire February 12,1931 THE NEW POWHATAN HIGH SCHOOL Completed October 1932

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which houses the largest enrollment in the history of the school has been completed.There are two stories with a large corridor running the entire length of both floors. The completed building represents an outlay of a- bout $40,000. There is an auditorium with a seating capacity of over four hundred in whifch is a large stage. The basement has spare space which can be converted into class room or used as a play room. The School Board was fortunate in the time they were called upon to build. There has not been a time when the type of material used and when labor was much cheaper. Plans are being made to landscape the grounds and make the sur¬ roundings attractive. The citizens of the county have taken this as their project and will provide the money for the shrubbery.

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THE FACULTY POWHATAN HIGH SCHOOL