Hamilton High School (Cartersville, Virginia) Explained

Hamilton High School
Designated Other1:Virginia Landmarks Register
Designated Other1 Date:September 5, 2007[1]
Designated Other1 Number:024-0105
Designated Other1 Num Position:bottom
Location:1925 Cartersville Rd., Cartersville, Virginia
Coordinates:37.6583°N -78.1275°W
Built:1910
Architect:Dickenson, C.W. (Superintendent)
Architecture:Classical Revival
Added:October 31, 2007
Refnum:07001136

Hamilton High School is a historic high school building complex located at Cartersville, Cumberland County, Virginia, USA.

History

It was constructed in 1910 and is a two-story wood-frame building, constructed in a local adaptation of the Classical Revival style. It has a hipped roof topped by a bell tower / cupola and is two bays deep and three bays wide, with an exterior footprint of 50 feet by 57 feet. An auditorium annex was added about 1925. A second annex, an agricultural classroom building now referred to as "the cannery" was added to the property about 1930, and the Wayside School (c. 1879), a one-room schoolhouse that was moved to the property from the vicinity of nearby Sportsmen's Lake between about 1935 and 1945.[2]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2007.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Virginia Landmarks Register. Virginia Department of Historic Resources. 5 June 2013.
  2. Web site: National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Hamilton High School. Mike Yengling. June 2007. Virginia Department of Historic Resources. and Accompanying four photos