Old Greenwood High School

Old Greenwood High School
Old Greenwood High School, March 2012
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

  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 May 31, 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 May 31, 2014.