Old Greenwood High School Explained

Old Greenwood High School
Location:857 S. Main St., Greenwood, South Carolina
Coordinates:34.1856°N -82.1578°W
Built:-1926, 1929-1930
Architect:Hemphill, James C.; Wilson, Berryman & Kennedy
Architecture:Georgian Revival
Added:October 10, 1985
Refnum:85003120

Old Greenwood High School is a historic high school building located at Greenwood, Greenwood County, South Carolina. It was designed by the firm of Wilson, Berryman & Kennedy and built in 1925–1926. It is a complex of three brick buildings – the main building, the auditorium, and the gymnasium – each of which is in the Georgian Revival style and form a Palladian configuration. Each of the three buildings features a portico supported by six Tuscan order columns. The complex was completed with construction of the gymnasium building in 1929–1930.[1] [2]

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

Notes and References

  1. Web site: John C. Blythe, Jr. . Old Greenwood High School . National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory . July 1985 . pdf . 31 May 2014.
  2. Web site: Old Greenwood High School, Greenwood County (857 S. Main St., Greenwood) . National Register Properties in South Carolina . South Carolina Department of Archives and History . 31 May 2014.