John D. Bassett High School | |
Designated Other1: | Virginia Landmarks Register |
Designated Other1 Date: | December 7, 2005[1] |
Designated Other1 Number: | 044-5169 |
Designated Other1 Num Position: | bottom |
Coordinates: | 36.7621°N -79.9964°W |
Built: | -1948 |
Architect: | Dixon and Norman |
Architecture: | Colonial Revival |
Added: | February 3, 2006 |
Refnum: | 05001587 |
John D. Bassett High School, also known as Bassett Middle School, is a historic school building located at Bassett, Henry County, Virginia. It was built in 1947–1948, and is a two-story Georgian Revival style brick school building. A rear addition was built in 1961. It has three bay portico entrances at each end with cupolas above. They provide public access to the two community spaces on the interior – the auditorium at one end and the gymnasium at the other. The building features a hip roof with slate shingles, gabled dormers and octagonal cupolas; and Flemish-bond variant brickwork with corner quoins and a water table. It was replaced by the Bassett High School in 1979, and continued to operate as a middle school. The school closed in 2004.[2]
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2006.