Siler City High School

Siler City High School
Siler City High School is located in North Carolina
Siler City High School
Siler City High School is located in the United States
Siler City High School
Location119 S. Third Ave., Siler City, North Carolina
Coordinates35°43′23″N 79°27′36″W / 35.72306°N 79.46000°W / 35.72306; -79.46000
Area6.7 acres (2.7 ha)
Built1922 (1922)
ArchitectWilson, C.C.; Bray, Bun B.
Architectural styleArt Deco
NRHP reference No.98000873[1]
Added to NRHPJuly 15, 1998

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 brick 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]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1998.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. ^ 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.

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