The Early Years of Phil Campbell School

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)