Gainestown Schoolhouse | |
Nearest city | Gainestown, Alabama |
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Coordinates | 31°27′10″N87°41′33″W / 31.45278°N 87.69250°W |
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]
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]
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