Old Woodruff High School (Woodruff, South Carolina)

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Location231 E. Hayne St.,
Woodruff, South Carolina
Coordinates 34°44′21″N82°02′05″W / 34.7393°N 82.0346°W / 34.7393; -82.0346 Coordinates: 34°44′21″N82°02′05″W / 34.7393°N 82.0346°W / 34.7393; -82.0346
Area2.1 acres (0.85 ha)
Built1925 (1925)
ArchitectFrank H. Cunningham, Joseph G. Cunningham
Architectural styleGothic Revival
NRHP reference No. 06000578 [1]
Added to NRHPOctober 18, 2006

Old Woodruff High School is a historic high school building located at Woodruff, Spartanburg County, South Carolina. It was built in 1925, and is a two-story, modified "H" plan stuccoed masonry building in the Collegiate Gothic style. It consists of a three-part center section with two perpendicular wings. The building has a flat roof with parapet, Gothic arches, recessed entrances framed by pointed arches. The building housed a high school until 1953 when Woodruff High School was constructed, then used as a middle school and later an elementary school. In 1978 the City of Woodruff acquired old Woodruff High School and adapted it for use as its city hall and police headquarters. [2] [3]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2006. [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. David R. Arning (January 2006). "Woodruff High School" (pdf). National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory. Retrieved 2014-07-01.CS1 maint: discouraged parameter (link)
  3. "Woodruff High School, Spartanburg County (239 East Hayne Street, Woodruff)". National Register Properties in South Carolina. South Carolina Department of Archives and History. Retrieved 2014-07-01.CS1 maint: discouraged parameter (link)