Mount Olive High School (North Carolina)
Mount Olive High School (Former) | |
Location | 100 Wooten St., Mount Olive, North Carolina |
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Coordinates | 35°12′1″N 78°4′23″W / 35.20028°N 78.07306°W |
Area | 2.2 acres (0.89 ha) |
Built | 1925 |
Architect | B.R. Lucas, John David Gullett |
Architectural style | Classical Revival |
Part of | Mount Olive Historic District (ID99000639) |
NRHP reference No. | 98001266[1] |
Added to NRHP | October 22, 1998 |
Mount Olive High School is a historic former high school building located at Mount Olive, Wayne County, North Carolina. It was built in 1925, and is a three-story, T-shaped, multicolored tapestry brick school building in the Classical Revival style. It features terra cotta and cast stone exterior details and arched doorways and windows. A two-room brick cafeteria addition was made in 1945–1946. It housed Mount Olive Junior High from 1965 to 1979, after construction of the Southern Wayne High School.[2]
It was probably the most important work by architect John David Gullett.[2]
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1998 as "Mount Olive High School (Former)".[1] It is also a contributing building in the Mount Olive Historic District, National Register-listed in 1999.
References
- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
- ^ a b Penne Smith (May 1998). "National Register of Historic Places Registration: (Former) Mount Olive High School" (pdf). North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office. Retrieved July 1, 2015.
- High schools in North Carolina
- School buildings on the National Register of Historic Places in North Carolina
- Neoclassical architecture in North Carolina
- School buildings completed in 1925
- Schools in Wayne County, North Carolina
- National Register of Historic Places in Wayne County, North Carolina
- Historic district contributing properties in North Carolina
- 1925 establishments in North Carolina
- Eastern North Carolina Registered Historic Place stubs
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