Parker High School Auditorium

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Parker High School Auditorium
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Parker High School Auditorium, March 2012
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Location900 Woodside Ave., City View, South Carolina
Coordinates 34°51′32.6″N82°25′35.0″W / 34.859056°N 82.426389°W / 34.859056; -82.426389
Arealess than one acre
Built1938 (1938)
Built byWorks Progress Administration
Architectural styleClassical Revival
NRHP reference No. 96000144 [1]
Added to NRHPFebruary 26, 1996

Parker High School Auditorium is a historic high school auditorium located at Greenville, South Carolina. It was built in 1938 with funding provided by the Works Progress Administration. It is a Classical Revival style 7500 square foot rectangular brick building with a front gabled roof. It is the last remaining building from the largest WPA school project in South Carolina. [2] [3]

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1996. [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. Angela Gray Murphy (April 1995). "Parker High School Auditorium" (pdf). National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory. Retrieved 2014-08-01.
  3. "Parker High School Auditorium, Greenville County (900 Woodside Ave., City View)". National Register Properties in South Carolina. South Carolina Department of Archives and History. Retrieved 2014-08-01.

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