Claxton School Explained

Claxton Elementary School
Location:241 Merrimon Ave., Asheville, North Carolina
Coordinates:35.6078°N -82.5536°W
Built:-1925
Architect:Greene, Ronald; Sayre, C. Gadsen
Architecture:Classical Revival
Added:June 4, 1992
Refnum:92000671

Claxton School is a historic school building located at Asheville, Buncombe County, North Carolina. It was built in 1922–1925, and is a three-story, Neoclassical school building constructed of hollow clay tile. It is faced with cast concrete stone veneer. The original two-story auditorium is located at the rear of the building.[1]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1992.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Martha Fullington and Andrea Austin. Claxton School. National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory . November 1991 . pdf . North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office . 2014-08-01.