Mount Olive High School (North Carolina)

Historic school building in North Carolina, United States

United States historic place


Mount Olive High School (Former)
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
U.S. Historic district Contributing property

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Location	100 Wooten St., Mount Olive, North Carolina
Coordinates	35°12′1″N 78°4′23″W / 35.20028°N 78.07306°W / 35.20028; -78.07306
Area	2.2 acres (0.89 ha)
Built	1925
Architect	B.R. Lucas, John David Gullett
Architectural style	Classical Revival
Part of	Mount Olive Historic District (ID99000639)
NRHP reference No.	98001266
Added to NRHP	October 22, 1998

Mount Olive High School is a historic former high school building located at Mount Olive, Wayne County, North Carolina. It was built in 1925, and is a three-story, T-shaped, multicolored tapestry brick school building in the Classical Revival style. It features terra cotta and cast stone exterior details and arched doorways and windows. A two-room brick cafeteria addition was made in 1945–1946. It housed Mount Olive Junior High from 1965 to 1979, after construction of the Southern Wayne High School.

It was probably the most important work by architect John David Gullett.

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1998 as "Mount Olive High School (Former)". It is also a contributing building in the Mount Olive Historic District, National Register-listed in 1999.

References

^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
^ Penne Smith (May 1998). "National Register of Historic Places Registration: (Former) Mount Olive High School" (pdf). North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office. Retrieved July 1, 2015.

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