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The Early Years of PCHS

1910:

  • The first school building was a two-story frame house located in the back of the Methodist Church. 
  • It was later destroyed by fire.   

1915:

  • The second school building was built on the site of the present school on Hwy 5.
  • It was a two-story wooden framed building with two entrances.
  • Just shy of ten years, it burned Christmas Day 1924. 
  • For the next two years school was held in local church buildings located on West Railroad Avenue.

1920s:

  • The third building was completed in 1926.  
  • There were two buildings - the main building and a vocational building.  
  • The main building was destroyed by a fire many years later.
  • Graduation services for the very first accredited PCHS class were conducted at the Methodist Church in 1926.
  • The Class of 1926 had merely eight students.
  • The first football team was fielded in 1927 with 13 players on the team. 
  • At that time the football field ran along the highway in front of the school.
  • The mascot was the "Purple Tornadoes." 
  • In 1928 Phil Campbell won its first county championship in basketball.

1940s:

  • Football was dropped during WWII.
  • A gymnasium was built in 1941.
  • The first basketball game played in the gymnasium was in 1942.
  • In 1947, the basketball team won the state tournament.

1950s:

  • In 1951 Phil Campbell had its first and only undefeated football team.
  • The fourth school was constructed in 1954.

1960s:

  • The Phil Campbell Band Program was initiated in the summer of 1962 under the leadership of Mr. Richard Hogan. 
  • The first band had 94 members. 
  • Phil Campbell School had several additions including a home economics and agriculture building and a band room.

1970s:

  • In 1974 an elementary building was added (which later became the 7th and 8th grade building)
Basketball Team
Basketball Team
School Building
School Building Early Years
School Building
Early Years
Early Years
School Building
Construction of school building in early years
Students of PC
Students in the earlier days