37°3′40″N 76°29′24″W / 37.06111°N 76.49000°W / 37.06111; -76.49000 Ferguson High School was a high school in Newport News, Virginia, United States. It was named after Homer L. Ferguson, the president of Newport News Shipbuilding from July 22, 1915 until July 31, 1946. It was operated by Newport News Public Schools. The building opened as Warwick Junior High School in 1956[1] and became Ferguson High School in 1961.

The school closed in 1996, and was used by adjacent Christopher Newport University[2] until the early 2000s. Parts of the former school were integrated into the Ferguson Center for the Performing Arts, a theater and concert hall, on the campus of Christopher Newport University.

Notable alumni

References

  1. "Public Schools In All Three Area Cities To Be In Session Today". Daily Press. 6 September 1956.
  2. 1 2 "Ferguson High School Closing: Ferguson Memories". Daily Press. 9 June 1996. Retrieved 18 January 2016.
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