Siler City High School

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Siler City High School
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Location119 S. Third Ave., Siler City, North Carolina
Coordinates 35°43′23″N79°27′36″W / 35.72306°N 79.46000°W / 35.72306; -79.46000
Area6.7 acres (2.7 ha)
Built1922 (1922)
ArchitectWilson, C.C.; Bray, Bun B.
Architectural styleArt Deco
NRHP reference No. 98000873 [1]
Added to NRHPJuly 15, 1998

Siler City High School, also known as the Paul Braxton School, is a historic high school building located at Siler City, Chatham County, North Carolina. It was built in 1922, and is a two-story, "T"-shaped, five-bay school building with streamlined Art Deco design elements. It has a two-story-high auditorium wing. Also on the property are the contributing mid-1930s one-story brick woodworking shop building which now serves as a community center, a 1+12-story frame gymnasium begun in 1930, and an early 1930s dirt baseball field which was initially a football field. [2]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1998. [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. Kaye Graybeal (March 1998). "Siler City High School" (pdf). National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory. North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office. Retrieved 2014-08-01.