Clayton Elementary School and Auditorium explained

Clayton Graded School and Clayton Grammar School-Municipal Auditorium
Coordinates:35.6522°N -78.4606°W
Built:, 1926
Architect:Charles Christian Hook
Architecture:Classical Revival
Added:October 20, 2001
Refnum:01001133

The Clayton Elementary School and Auditorium are a historic school complex located at Clayton, Johnston County, North Carolina. The elementary school was built in 1915, and is a two-story, rectangular brick building on a raised basement with a projecting one-story rear gymnasium. The municipal auditorium was designed by architect Charles C. Hook and built in 1926. It consists of a two-story, gable front auditorium on the front of the building, with a three-story classroom section at the rear. The classroom block contains 18 classrooms. The school closed in 1997.[1]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2001.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Beth P. Thomas. Clayton Graded School and Clayton Grammar School-Municipal Auditorium. National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory . February 2001. pdf . North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office . 2015-01-01.