Mount Olive High School (North Carolina) Explained

Mount Olive High School (Former)
Nrhp Type:cp
Nocat:yes
Location:100 Wooten St., Mount Olive, North Carolina
Coordinates:35.2003°N -78.0731°W
Built:1925
Architect:B.R. Lucas, John David Gullett
Architecture:Classical Revival
Added:October 22, 1998
Area:2.2acres
Partof:Mount Olive Historic District
Partof Refnum:99000639
Refnum:98001266

Mount Olive High School is a historic former high school building located at Mount Olive, Wayne County, North Carolina. It was built in 1925, and is a three-story, T-shaped, multicolored tapestry brick school building in the Classical Revival style. It features terra cotta and cast stone exterior details and arched doorways and windows. A two-room brick cafeteria addition was made in 1945–1946. It housed Mount Olive Junior High from 1965 to 1979, after construction of the Southern Wayne High School.[1]

It was probably the most important work by architect John David Gullett.[1]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1998 as "Mount Olive High School (Former)". It is also a contributing building in the Mount Olive Historic District, National Register-listed in 1999.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Penne Smith. National Register of Historic Places Registration: (Former) Mount Olive High School . May 1998. pdf . North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office . 2015-07-01.