Gaston School (Gaston, North Carolina)

Gaston School
Location200 School St., Gaston, North Carolina
Coordinates36°29′52″N 77°38′49″W / 36.49778°N 77.64694°W / 36.49778; -77.64694
Area12.13 acres (4.91 ha)
Builtc. 1950 (1950)-1968
ArchitectBoney, Leslie N.
Architectural styleModernist
NRHP reference No.12000215[1]
Added to NRHPApril 11, 2012

Gaston School is a historic high school building located at Gaston, Northampton County, North Carolina. It was designed by 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. ^ a b "National Register of Historic Places Listings" (PDF). Weekly List of Actions Taken on Properties: 4/09/12 through 4/13/12. National Park Service. April 20, 2012.
  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 March 1, 2015.