Fred C. Prichard
( 1871 - 1960 )

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When he died on Dec. 2, 1960, at age 89, Fred C. Prichard ( 1872-1960) was described by a local newapaper as "one of the builders of Huntington." Having acquired most of his wealth from coal, he constructed  two of the city's skyscrapers ----- The Chaffin Prichard and the Robson-Prichard Building, known more recently as the Chaffin Building. Because he and his wife could not have children, Prichard decided to devote much of his wealth to the cause of helping needy and orphaned children. In the mid-1920s he purchased 650 acres of land lear Ona and built an architecturally stunning home and school for disadvantaged children. Named The Prichard School, it not only provided the basic necessities of life, but also a good education. Teachers were employed, and initially 25 orphaned boys and girls were taken in. Prichard and his wife adopted the first seven children, who were  given the Prichard Name.

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