Mount Olive High School (North Carolina)

Mount Olive High School (Former)
Location100 Wooten St., Mount Olive, North Carolina
Coordinates35°12′1″N 78°4′23″W / 35.20028°N 78.07306°W / 35.20028; -78.07306
Area2.2 acres (0.89 ha)
Built1925
ArchitectB.R. Lucas, John David Gullett
Architectural styleClassical Revival
Part ofMount Olive Historic District (ID99000639)
NRHP reference No.98001266[1]
Added to NRHPOctober 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

  1. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. ^ 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.