Gastonia High School

Historic school building in North Carolina, United States

United States historic place
Gastonia High School
U.S. Historic district
Contributing property
35°15′10″N 81°11′19″W / 35.25278°N 81.18861°W / 35.25278; -81.18861
Area7.9 acres (3.2 ha)
Built1922 (1922)-1924
ArchitectWhite, Hugh, Sr.
Architectural styleTudor Revival
NRHP reference No.83001884[1]
Added to NRHPMarch 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 five-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. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. ^ Mary Alice Dixon Hinson; Tony L. Gray; Jerry Cross (n.d.). "Gastonia High School" (pdf). National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory. North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office. Retrieved November 1, 2014.
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