The Central School was a school building in Martins Ferry,

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. Located at the corner of South 4th and Hickory Streets, the school was listed on the

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on July 23, 1979.National Register of Historic Places: Annual Listing of Historic Properties 1979-1980
,

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, 1980, 27. Accessed 2009-10-27. It is no longer on the Register: the designation was removed on February 21, 1980, less than a year after it was added. Designed by Benjamin Exley and C.H. Owsley, it was built in 1897 in the

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style of architecture. The building was demolished to make room for the Citizens National Bank, the current owners.

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