Former Pomona High School

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Pomona High School, Former
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Location2201 Spring Garden St., Greensboro, North Carolina
Coordinates 36°3′47″N79°49′48″W / 36.06306°N 79.83000°W / 36.06306; -79.83000
Area2.5 acres (1.0 ha)
Builtc. 1920 (1920), 1940, 1951
Architectural styleClassical Revival
MPS Greensboro MPS
NRHP reference No. 92001888 [1]
Added to NRHPFebruary 24, 1995

Pomona High School, Former, also known as Lindley Junior High School, is a historic school building located at Greensboro, Guilford County, North Carolina. The original section was built about 1920, and is a two-story, nine-bay, U-shaped, Classical Revival style building. Two projecting wings were added in 1940, and in 1951, the space was filled between the wings. It is faced with dark bricks accented with limestone, concrete, and terra cotta ornament. The building features a one-story limestone entrance portico supported by four Doric order columns. The school closed in 1979. [2] It has been converted to apartments.

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1992. [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. Marvin A. Brown (September 1991). "Pomona High School, Former" (pdf). National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory. North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office. Retrieved 2014-12-01.