Siler City High School, also known as the Paul Braxton School, is a historic high school building located at Siler City, Chatham County, North Carolina. It was built in 1922, and is a two-story, T-shaped, five-bay school building with streamlined Art Deco design elements. It has a two-story-high auditorium wing. Also on the property are the contributing mid-1930s one-story brick woodworking shop building which now serves as a community center, a 1+1⁄2-story frame gymnasium begun in 1930, and an early 1930s dirt baseball field which was initially a football field.[2]
Siler City High School | |
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| Location | 119 S. Third Ave., Siler City, North Carolina |
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| Coordinates | 35°43′23″N 79°27′36″W / 35.72306°N 79.46000°W |
| Area | 6.7 acres (2.7 ha) |
| Built | 1922 |
| Architect | Wilson, C.C.; Bray, Bun B. |
| Architectural style | Art Deco |
| NRHP reference No. | 98000873[1] |
| Added to NRHP | July 15, 1998 |
It 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. July 9, 2010.
- ^ Kaye Graybeal (March 1998). "Siler City High School" (pdf). National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory. North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office. Retrieved 2014-08-01.