New Hope High School (New Hope, Virginia) Explained

New Hope High School
Designated Other1:Virginia Landmarks Register
Designated Other1 Date:December 11, 1984[1]
Designated Other1 Number:007-1087
Designated Other1 Num Position:bottom
Coordinates:38.2011°N -78.9039°W
Built:, 1942
Architecture:Art Deco
Added:February 27, 1985
Refnum:85000393

New Hope High School is a historic public school building located at New Hope, Augusta County, Virginia. It was built in 1925, and is a brick building consisting of an auditorium/gymnasium as the core of the building with rectangular flat roofed blocks on either side. The central auditorium/gymnasium has a tall hipped roof. It has Art Deco style stepped facades on the front and sides, embellished with diamond-shaped concrete blocks along the cornice. A three-room north wing was added in 1942. Also on the property is a contributing brick agriculture building built in 1926.[2]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1985.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Virginia Landmarks Register. Virginia Department of Historic Resources. 2013-05-12.
  2. Web site: National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: New Hope High School. Ann McCleary. September 1984. and Accompanying photo