Siler City High School Explained

Siler City High School
Location:119 S. Third Ave., Siler City, North Carolina
Coordinates:35.7231°N -79.46°W
Architect:Wilson, C.C.; Bray, Bun B.
Architecture:Art Deco
Added:July 15, 1998
Refnum:98000873

Siler City High School, also known as the Paul Braxton School, is a historic high school building located at Siler City, Chatham County, North Carolina. It was built in 1922, and is a two-story, T-shaped, five-bay school building with streamlined Art Deco design elements. It has a two-story-high auditorium wing. Also on the property are the contributing mid-1930s one-story brick woodworking shop building which now serves as a community center, a -story frame gymnasium begun in 1930, and an early 1930s dirt baseball field which was initially a football field.[1]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1998.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Kaye Graybeal. Siler City High School. National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory . March 1998. pdf . North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office . 2014-08-01.