Gainestown Schoolhouse

Gainestown Schoolhouse
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
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Nearest city	Gainestown, Alabama
Coordinates	31°27′10″N87°41′33″W / 31.45278°N 87.69250°W / 31.45278; -87.69250
Area	2 acres (0.81 ha)
Built	1919
Architectural style	Late 19th and 20th Century Revivals
NRHP reference No.	92000033 [1]
Added to NRHP	October 1, 1992

The Gainestown Schoolhouse is a historic school building on Clarke County Road 29 in Gainestown, Alabama, United States. It was built in 1919 as a one-room schoolhouse and now serves as a guesthouse for the Wilson-Finlay House across the road. It was placed on the National Register of Historic Places on October 1, 1992, due to its architectural significance. ^[1]

Architecture

The form is like that of most late 19th-century school buildings in Alabama, namely a one-story frame, rectangular-shaped building with a front gabled roof. A single entrance is found on the gabled front and a row of windows on each side elevation. ^[2]

The building was expanded to two rooms in 1930, with the addition of a western side-wing. The large gabled wing turned the schoolhouse into a T-shaped building. ^[3]

References

1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
2. "Clarke County MPS". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. Retrieved February 21, 2011.
3. "Historical Markers & Sites in Clarke County". Clarke County Historical Society. Retrieved February 21, 2011.