The Lucy Privhard Home
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For decades, longtime Marshall Professor Lucy Prichard lived
in a stately, three-story Queen Anne brick home located on
the northeast corner of 6th Avenue and 11th Street.
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Lucy Prichard (1876-1963) was a legend at
Marshall University,
where she taught Latin from 1914 until she retired in 1941. In
recognition of her long years of service at Marshall, in
1961 the school named its new freshman women’s
dormitory Lucy Prichard Hall.
Born in Catlettsburg, Kentucky, she
received an A.B. degree
from Vassar College in 1899, studied in the summer of 1905
at the University of Chicago and received her M.A. from
Columbia University in 1924. She studied at the
American Academy in Rome during the
summer of 1925 and at the American
School of Classical Studies in
Athens, Greece, in 1927.
She later taught Latin at Catlettsburg
High School
and Huntington High before beginning
her long career at Marshall.
Affectionately known to many as “Miss
Lucy,” she was a tireless worker on
behalf of women and education. She organized and was the first president
of the West Virginia Division of the American Association of University
Women (AAUW) and served as president of the Huntington Women’s
Club. She was a member of the original campus committee that
established the Marshall Artists Series and was a charter
member and past president of the Huntington Young
Women’s Christian Association (YWCA).
For decades, Prichard lived in a stately
Queen Anne brick home
located on the northeast corner of 6th Avenue and 11th Street.
Built in 1895, the home was designed by
Huntington architect
James B. Stewart. Considered to be Huntington’s first
resident architect of note, Stewart designed the
First Presbyterian Church, was selected as the
supervising architect for the Cabell County
Courthouse and partnered with fellow
architect Edwin Alger to design
the city’s Carnegie Library.
In recent years, the former Prichard
residence has
housed offices for a variety of different businesses.
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Note: This Article and picture appeared in the Herald-Dispatch Newspaper on May 7, 2024.
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