Old Greenwood High School

Old Greenwood High School
Old Greenwood High School, March 2012
Old Greenwood High School is located in South Carolina
Old Greenwood High School
Old Greenwood High School is located in the United States
Old Greenwood High School
Location857 S. Main St., Greenwood, South Carolina
Coordinates34°11′08″N 82°09′28″W / 34.1856°N 82.1578°W / 34.1856; -82.1578
Area3 acres (1.2 ha)
Built1925 (1925)-1926, 1929-1930
ArchitectHemphill, James C.; Wilson, Berryman & Kennedy
Architectural styleGeorgian Revival
NRHP reference No.85003120[1]
Added to NRHPOctober 10, 1985

Old Greenwood High School is a historic high school building located at Greenwood, Greenwood County, South Carolina. It was designed by the firm of Wilson, Berryman & Kennedy and built in 1925–1926. It is a complex of three brick buildings – the main building, the auditorium, and the gymnasium – each of which is in the Georgian Revival style and form a Palladian configuration. Each of the three buildings features a portico supported by six Tuscan order columns. The complex was completed with construction of the gymnasium building in 1929–1930.[2][3]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1985.[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. ^ John C. Blythe, Jr. (July 1985). "Old Greenwood High School" (pdf). National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory. Retrieved 31 May 2014.
  3. ^ "Old Greenwood High School, Greenwood County (857 S. Main St., Greenwood)". National Register Properties in South Carolina. South Carolina Department of Archives and History. Retrieved 31 May 2014.