Last updated: January 7, 2021
Place
Byrd Prillerman School
Quick Facts
OPEN TO PUBLIC:
No
Byrd-Prillerman Elementary and High School was opened in the fall of 1927 in the town of Amigo, West Virginia in the heart of the Winding Gulf coal field. As an all-black school, it was named for an ex-slave who became a well-known educator in the state of West Virginia and served as president of West Virginia State College for a period of time. The first class of four students graduated from the school in 1931. The building was destroyed by fire on Jan 12, 1962
The building is no longer here, but you can visit a highway marker commemorating the site. Marker is near Amigo, West Virginia, in Raleigh County, on Tams Highway (West Virginia Route 16) half a mile north of Amigo-Egeria Road (County Route 35), on the right when traveling south.
The building is no longer here, but you can visit a highway marker commemorating the site. Marker is near Amigo, West Virginia, in Raleigh County, on Tams Highway (West Virginia Route 16) half a mile north of Amigo-Egeria Road (County Route 35), on the right when traveling south.