Troy Public High School, also known as Troy Area Senior High School and Troy High School, is a historic

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building located at

Troy Troy ( el, Τροία and Latin: Troia, Hittite: 𒋫𒊒𒄿𒊭 ''Truwiša'') or Ilion ( el, Ίλιον and Latin: Ilium, Hittite: 𒃾𒇻𒊭 ''Wiluša'') was an ancient city located at Hisarlik in present-day Turkey, south-west of Ç ...

Bradford County, Pennsylvania Bradford County is a county in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. It is part of Northeastern Pennsylvania. As of the 2020 census, its population was 59,967. Its county seat is Towanda. The county was created on February 21, 1810, from parts ...

. It is a 2 1/2-story, roughly "E"-shaped

Colonial Revival The Colonial Revival architectural style seeks to revive elements of American colonial architecture. The beginnings of the Colonial Revival style are often attributed to the Centennial Exhibition of 1876, which reawakened Americans to the archit ...

-style building, measuring 435 feet wide and 165 feet deep. It has red brick exterior walls and the front facade features a central pilastered block of nine bays, with 10

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pilasters. The building is topped by an octagonal

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. The original building was built in 1923–1924, and enlarged incrementally with wings on each end in 1936 and 1939, and in 1954, with an enlarged gymnasium / library and new auditorium. ''Note:'' This includes It was added to the

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in 2002.

Notable alumni

* Roger A. Madigan (1930-2018), Pennsylvania state senator and representative

References

School buildings on the National Register of Historic Places in Pennsylvania Colonial Revival architecture in Pennsylvania School buildings completed in 1954 Buildings and structures in Bradford County, Pennsylvania National Register of Historic Places in Bradford County, Pennsylvania 1924 establishments in Pennsylvania {{Pennsylvania-NRHP-stub