734 Bailey St., Mars Hill, North Carolina. County/parish: Madison.
Added to the National Register of Historic Places September 07, 2005. NRIS 05000962.
1 contributing building.Also known as:
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.
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2005.
The building is currently undergoing renovations to become resident apartments.
(read more...)National Park Service documentation: https://catalog.archives.gov/id/47721163