The Rock Gym is a historic gym located at 45 Forest Avenue in Elberton, Georgia, United States. The gym was built in 1941 and initially served as a National Guard armory. The Elbert County School System also occupied the building and used it for high school basketball games, commencement ceremonies, school dances, and other events. The school system closed the gym in the 1990s, and it was vacant until 2003, when the city considered demolishing the building. The Elbert County Historical Society spent the next nine years restoring the building, and it reopened in 2012 as the Elberton-Elbert County Conference Center and Museum.[2]
Rock Gym | |
 Rock Gym - May 2018 | |
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| Location | 45 Forest Ave., Elberton, Georgia |
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| Coordinates | 34°6′39″N 82°52′19″W / 34.11083°N 82.87194°W |
| Built | 1940 |
| Architect | Price, Hunter J.; et al. |
| Architectural style | Moderne, Stripped Classical |
| NRHP reference No. | 98001559[1] |
| Added to NRHP | December 31, 1998 |
The gym was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1998.[1]
References
edit- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
- ^ Ford, Wayne (October 11, 2012). "Rock Gym opens in Elberton with festival and tributes on Saturday". Athens Banner-Herald. Archived from the original on May 29, 2014. Retrieved May 28, 2014.