The Olympia School, also known as the Picture City School, the Hobe Sound White School, the Apollo Street School and now the Apollo School, is an historic two-room elementary school building located at 9141 Southeast Apollo Street in Hobe Sound, Martin County, Florida. On December 20, 2002, it was added to the U.S. National Register of Historic Places.[1] The school closed in 1963 upon the opening of the Hobe Sound Elementary School on Gomez Avenue. It was constructed in 1924, according to a Martin County Historical Society Marker. [2] The building is in the process of being restored by the Apollo School Foundation, Inc.[3][4][5]
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| Location | 9141 SE Apollo St., Hobe Sound, Florida |
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| Coordinates | 27°03′35″N 80°07′53″W / 27.0598°N 80.1313°W |
| Built | 1925 |
| Architect | Fatio, Mario; Treanor and Fatio |
| Architectural style | Mission/Spanish Revival |
| NRHP reference No. | 02001534 [1] |
| Added to NRHP | December 20, 2002 |
References
edit- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. April 15, 2008.
- ^ "Apollo School Marker". www.hdmb.org.
- ^ Apollo School Foundation, Inc. website
- ^ Mattise, Jomnathan, Apollo School group hopes funding survives veto, Stuart News, p. 1, March 16, 2012
- ^ Kane, Peggy, Historic Apollo School invitation, discusses work done to date, TCpalm, Feb. 2, 2012
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