Cove Creek High School Explained

Cove Creek High School
Location:207 Dale Adams Rd., Sugar Grove, North Carolina
Coordinates:36.2631°N -81.7853°W
Built:-1941
Architect:Coffey, Clarence
Builder:WPA
Architecture:Collegiate Gothic
Added:June 18, 1998
Refnum:98000707

Cove Creek High School, also known as the Cove Creek Elementary School, is a historic high school building located at Sugar Grove, Watauga County, North Carolina. It was built by the Works Progress Administration in 1940–1941, and is a two-story, Collegiate Gothic style stone building. It is seven bays wide and features slightly projecting square stair towers and a crenellated roof parapet. It was designed by Clarence R. Coffey, an apprentice of Frank Lloyd Wright, and constructed by local artisans and laborers using local stone and wood sources.[1]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1998.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: North Carolina HPO. Cove Creek High School . National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory . December 1997. pdf . North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office . 2015-07-01.