Fremont School | |
Location | 600 Magnolia St., Spartanburg, South Carolina |
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Coordinates | 34°57′37″N81°56′47″W / 34.96028°N 81.94639°W |
Area | 2 acres (0.81 ha) |
Built | 1915 | , 1926
Architect | Proffitt, Luther D.; Collins, J. Frank, et al. |
Architectural style | Classical Revival |
NRHP reference No. | 00001234 [1] |
Added to NRHP | October 24, 2000 |
Fremont School, also known as Freemont School, is a historic elementary school building located in Spartanburg, Spartanburg County, South Carolina. It was built in 1915, and is a two-story, brick Classical Revival style building with a partially raised basement, and a major addition built in 1926. It features decorative brickwork, terra cotta ornamentation, and entrance porticoes. The building housed an elementary school from 1915 to 1979. [2] [3]
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2000. [1]
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