Old Main, the former Nicholas County High School, is a

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building located in Summersville,

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. The two-story stone Renaissance-style building was constructed in 1913 and graduated its first class in 1915. From 1915 to 1930, the school also served as the site of a State Normal School for teachers. The school was eventually replaced by the current Nicholas County High School, which is located on a separate campus north of Summersville. Summersville Junior High School occupied the site afterwards, until a new site for SJHS behind NCHS was completed. The Old Main building was added to the

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on March 27, 1989.

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