Olympia School Explained

Olympia School
Location:9141 SE Apollo St., Hobe Sound, Florida
Coordinates:27.0598°N -80.1313°W
Built:1925
Architect:Fatio, Mario; Treanor and Fatio
Architecture:Mission/Spanish Revival
Added:December 20, 2002
Refnum:02001534

The Olympia School, also known as the Picture City School, the Hobe Sound White School, the Apollo Street School and now the Apollo School, is an historic two-room elementary school building located at 9141 Southeast Apollo Street in Hobe Sound, Martin County, Florida. On December 20, 2002, it was added to the U.S. National Register of Historic Places. The school closed in 1963 upon the opening of the Hobe Sound Elementary School on Gomez Avenue. It was constructed in 1924, according to a Martin County Historical Society Marker. [1] The building is in the process of being restored by the Apollo School Foundation, Inc.[2] [3] [4]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: www.hdmb.org. Apollo School Marker. en.
  2. http://www.apolloschool.org/index.html Apollo School Foundation, Inc. website
  3. http://www.tcpalm.com/news/2012/mar/15/apollo-school-foundation-waiting-to-see-whether/?partner=RSS Mattise, Jomnathan, Apollo School group hopes funding survives veto, Stuart News, p. 1, March 16, 2012
  4. http://www.tcpalm.com/news/2011/jan/24/historic-apollo-school-invitation-10508/ Kane, Peggy, Historic Apollo School invitation, discusses work done to date, TCpalm, Feb. 2, 2012