Ashwood School Gymnasium and Auditorium explained

Ashwood School Gymnasium and Auditorium
Location:	160 Ashwood School Rd., near Bishopville, South Carolina
Coordinates:	34.1078°N -80.3164°W
Built:	Less than one acre
Architect:	Goode Company
Architecture:	Colonial Revival
Added:	May 25, 2011
Refnum:	09000914^[1]

Ashwood School Gymnasium and Auditorium is a historic school gymnasium and auditorium located at Ashwood near Bishopville, Lee County, South Carolina. It was built in 1938 to serve Ashwood Plantation, the first and largest of the Resettlement Administration (RA) project tracts in South Carolina. The building served as the school and community gymnasium and as an auditorium for dramatic performances and films. It is a one-story building with a simplified Colonial Revival style popular in the 1930s in government-sponsored construction.^{[2] [3]}

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2011.^[1]

Notes and References

1. Web site: National Register of Historic Places Listings. 2011-06-03. Weekly List of Actions Taken on Properties: 5/23/11 through 5/27/11. National Park Service.
2. Web site: Elizabeth Almlie . Ashwood School Gymnasium and Auditorium. National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory . April 2011 . pdf . 14 June 2014.
3. Web site: Ashwood School Gymnasium and Auditorium, Lee County (160 Ashwood School Rd., Bishopville vicinity). National Register Properties in South Carolina . South Carolina Department of Archives and History . 14 June 2014.