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Arthurdale Heritage School Buildings

2/23/2012

 
Arthurdale, Preston County

March 2019 Update: There has been no progress. Several years ago plans to turn them into apartments fell through when the ground would not perk, and there was no affordable solution.

Future plans are to repaint and repair the school buildings.
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2017 Update:
There has been no new progress with the school buildings.  Due to the cost of rehabilitating the buildings and the current septic system not being large enough (a previous plan, designed by AU Associates, was to repurpose the building for senior housing), Arthurdale Heritage sees no feasible way to save the property at this time.  Therefore, they have requested to be withdrawn from the Endangered Properties List. 
  • http://www.arthurdaleheritage.org
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2012: The Arthurdale Heritage School buildings (Preston County) are owned by Arthurdale Heritage, Inc. (AHI) and are integral to the history of Arthurdale, the nation’s first New Deal Homestead Community.  Constructed in 1936 under former President Franklin D. Roosevelt’s New Deal administration, the high school, cafeteria/administration building, and elementary school have sat vacant for the past ten years but were mothballed in 2003.  Due to AHI’s limited budget and staff, the buildings are currently threatened with deterioration from disuse.  The ultimate goal is to develop a clear strategy to rehabilitate and adaptively reuse the buildings to be self-sustaining.  Grant funding is being actively sought, and a committee is working to determine the next best step for development. ​
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