Mars Hill High School


Mars Hill High School
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
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Location	734 Bailey St., Mars Hill, North Carolina
Coordinates	35°50′6″N 82°33′9″W / 35.83500°N 82.55250°W / 35.83500; -82.55250Coordinates: 35°50′6″N 82°33′9″W / 35.83500°N 82.55250°W / 35.83500; -82.55250
Area	less than one acre
Built	1936 (1936)-1938
Built by	Works Progress Administration (WPA)
Architect	Alexander, S. Grant & Assoc.
Architectural style	Rustic Revival
NRHP Reference #	05000962^[1]
Added to NRHP	September 7, 2005

Mars Hill High School, also known as Mars Hill School and Mars Hill Elementary School, is a historic high school building located at Mars Hill, Madison County, North Carolina. It was built between 1936 and 1938 by the Works Progress Administration (WPA) and is a one-story native stone building in the WPA Rustic style. It consists of two sections: a rear-facing "L"-shaped classroom block and a gymnasium wing Mars Hill High School continued to serve the community as a high school until a new high school was built in 1973. The building housed middle and elementary school students until 2001.^[2]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2005.^[1]

References

1 2 National Park Service (2010-07-09). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
↑ Clay Griffith (May 2005). "Mars Hill High School" (pdf). National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory. North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office. Retrieved 2015-02-01.

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