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Parkersburg High School, (locally known as PHS), started out as what is now the Washington Junior High School, but the current campus was built in 1917, north of the Avery Street Historic District in the Jacobethan Revival style. It was designed by prominent Ohio architect Frank Packard (1866-1923). It was the largest high school in the state of West Virginia from 1918-1940. In 1967 the opening of Parkersburg South High School divided the number of students at PHS. Today, it houses around 1,800 students. It is still the second largest populated school in West Virginia. It is a part of the Parkersburg High School-Washington Avenue Historic District, which was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1992.

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