Mars Hill High School

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Mars Hill High School
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Former Mars Hill High School, January 2019
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Location734 Bailey St., Mars Hill, North Carolina
Coordinates 35°50′6″N82°33′9″W / 35.83500°N 82.55250°W / 35.83500; -82.55250
Arealess than one acre
Built1936 (1936)-1938
Built byWorks Progress Administration (WPA)
ArchitectAlexander, S. Grant & Assoc.
Architectural styleRustic Revival
NRHP reference No. 05000962 [1]
Added to NRHPSeptember 7, 2005

Mars Hill High School, also known as Mars Hill School and Mars Hill Elementary School, is a historic high school building located at Mars Hill, Madison County, North Carolina. It was built between 1936 and 1938 by the Works Progress Administration (WPA) and is a one-story native stone building in the WPA Rustic style. It consists of two sections: a rear-facing L-shaped classroom block and a gymnasium wing Mars Hill High School continued to serve the community as a high school until a new high school was built in 1973. The building housed middle and elementary school students until 2001. [2]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2005. [1]

The building is currently undergoing renovations to become resident apartments. [3]

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References

  1. 1 2 "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. Clay Griffith (May 2005). "Mars Hill High School" (pdf). National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory. North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office. Retrieved 2015-02-01.
  3. Moon, Paul. "Rock Building project rolls forward, bringing new apartments to Mars Hill". The Asheville Citizen Times. Retrieved 2020-07-18.