Gastonia High School

Gastonia High School
Location S. York St., Gastonia, North Carolina
Coordinates 35°15′10″N 81°11′19″W / 35.25278°N 81.18861°W / 35.25278; -81.18861Coordinates: 35°15′10″N 81°11′19″W / 35.25278°N 81.18861°W / 35.25278; -81.18861
Area 7.9 acres (3.2 ha)
Built 1922 (1922)-1924
Architect White, Hugh, Sr.
Architectural style Tudor Revival
NRHP Reference # 83001884[1]
Added to NRHP March 17, 1983

Gastonia High School is a historic high school building located at Gastonia, Gaston County, North Carolina. It was designed by Hugh Edward White and built in 1922-1924. It is a three-story, heavily ornamented "E"-shaped Tudor Revival style red brick school. It has a flat roof with parapet and features a four-bay projecting frontispiece and two-story, elegantly finished, auditorium. It has a six bays long and three bays wide addition built in 1955.[2]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1983.[1] It is located in the York-Chester Historic District.

References

  1. 1 2 Staff (2010-07-09). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
  2. Mary Alice Dixon Hinson, Tony L. Gray, and Jerry Cross (n.d.). "Gastonia High School" (pdf). National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory. North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office. Retrieved 2014-11-01.


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