Marion High School is a historic school building located at Marion, Marion County, South Carolina. It was built in 1923–1924, and is a one-story, Classical Revival style brick building. The building's main façade features baroque massing with projecting central and end pavilions. When built, the school included a gymnasium, a physics and chemistry laboratory, a domestic science department with sewing and cooking rooms, agriculture laboratory, and a commercial department. The building served as a high school until 1975, then became the home for Marion Elementary School until 1994.[2][3] The building now serves as the headquarters for the Marion County School District.[4]
Marion High School | |
Location | 719 N. Main St., Marion, South Carolina |
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Coordinates | 34°11′6″N 79°24′5″W / 34.18500°N 79.40139°W |
Area | 2.7 acres (1.1 ha) |
Built | 1923 | -1924
Architect | Wilkins, W.J. & Co.; McBride, J.F. |
Architectural style | Late 19th And Early 20th Century American Movements |
NRHP reference No. | 01000631[1] |
Added to NRHP | June 6, 2001 |
It was listed in the National Register of Historic Places in 2001.[1]
References
edit- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
- ^ Cheryl Allread (November 2000). "Marion High School" (pdf). National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory. Retrieved 22 February 2014.
- ^ "Marion High School, Marion County (719 N. Main St., Mullins)". National Register Properties in South Carolina. South Carolina Department of Archives and History. Retrieved 22 February 2014.
- ^ Marion County School District Archived 2013-03-20 at the Wayback Machine