Gaston School (Gaston, North Carolina)

Gaston School
Location 200 School St., Gaston, North Carolina
Coordinates 36°29′52″N 77°38′49″W / 36.49778°N 77.64694°W / 36.49778; -77.64694Coordinates: 36°29′52″N 77°38′49″W / 36.49778°N 77.64694°W / 36.49778; -77.64694
Area 12.13 acres (4.91 ha)
Built c. 1950 (1950)-1968
Architect Boney, Leslie N.
Architectural style Modernist
NRHP Reference # 12000215[1]
Added to NRHP April 11, 2012

Gaston School is a historic high school building located at Gaston, Northampton County, North Carolina. It was designed by noted architect Leslie Boney and built about 1950, with additions made about 1952; 1955, about 1962, and about 1968. It is a brick-clad, flat-roofed, one-story Modernist building. Also on the property is the contributing home economics and auto shop building (c. 1952, c. 1968). The school closed about 1990.[2]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2012.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 "National Register of Historic Places Listings". Weekly List of Actions Taken on Properties: 4/09/12 through 4/13/12. National Park Service. 2012-04-20.
  2. Ellen Turco and Susan H. Daniel (December 2011). "Gaston School" (pdf). National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory. North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office. Retrieved 2015-03-01.


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