Siler City High School

Historic school building in North Carolina, United States
United States historic place
Siler City High School
35°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 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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