Do you know that there’s a building in West Virginia that’s been compared to Hogwarts? Not only does it look like the famous wizard school, but it even used to be an actual high school. Plus, it’s got its own memorable story to tell.
The story begins over a century ago. In 1921, a group of local builders took local sandstone quarried from Arnoldsburg, West Virginia and built a school in nearby Grantsville.
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A high school. A big high school that served the Calhoun County students and community for years and years.
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This was long before the days of Harry Potter, but doesn’t this old building look remarkably like Hogwarts?
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But then, in a sad turn of events in 1998, the Calhoun County High School in West Virginia was abandoned.
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The closing of this school seemed to seal the deal on a downward spiral for its once thriving community. Businesses closed. The community faltered.
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But in 2021, one hundred years after the school was first built, the decrepit building went up for sale. And the Calhoun High School Class of 1982 rallied together and purchased the old structure.
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Now, this group of former students, who formed The 1982 Foundation to help accomplish their goals, has plans to transform the school into a thriving community hub once again, with a community center, a gym, a daycare, office space, an Airbnb, a café, and more.
The 1982 Foundation There’s much work to be done to transform this building into what The 1982 Foundation envisions, though, and anyone interested can definitely jump on the bandwagon and help restore this magnificent old school to its former glory!
Check out The 1982 Foundation online or follow the journey of the Hogwarts-like old Calhoun County High School building in West Virginia on Facebook. An up-and-coming community center isn’t the only thing Calhoun County has going for it; did you know that you can occasionally see the Aurora Borealis from Calhoun County Park?
The 1982 Foundation
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There’s much work to be done to transform this building into what The 1982 Foundation envisions, though, and anyone interested can definitely jump on the bandwagon and help restore this magnificent old school to its former glory!
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Address: Old Calhoun County High School, School St, Grantsville, WV 26147, USA
