Wardlaw Junior High School

Wardlaw Junior High School
Wardlaw Junior High School, September 2012
Location1003 Elmwood Ave., Columbia, South Carolina
Coordinates34°0′45″N 81°2′33″W / 34.01250°N 81.04250°W / 34.01250; -81.04250
Area4.2 acres (1.7 ha)
Built1926 (1926)-1927
ArchitectUrquhart, J. B.
Architectural styleLate Gothic Revival
MPSColumbia MRA
NRHP reference No.84002096[1]
Added to NRHPSeptember 13, 1984

Wardlaw Junior High School, also known as Wardlaw Middle School, is a historic Middle school located at Columbia, South Carolina. It was built in 1926–1927, and is a three-story, rectangular brick structure with a central courtyard. It features Gothic window tracery, arched entrances with one-story porches, and decorative cast stone panels. It was the first junior high school building in South Carolina.[2][3]

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1984.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. ^ National Register Staff, Nancy Fox, and Terry Floyd (July 1984). "Wardlaw Junior High School" (PDF). National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory. Retrieved January 7, 2014.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  3. ^ "Wardlaw Junior High School, Richland County (1003 Elmwood Ave., Columbia)". National Register Properties in South Carolina. South Carolina Department of Archives and History. Retrieved January 7, 2014.