Cove Creek High School
Cove Creek High School, also known as the Cove Creek Elementary School, is a historic high school building located at Sugar Grove, Watauga County, North Carolina. It was built by the Works Progress Administration in 1940–1941, and is a two-story, Collegiate Gothic style stone building. It is seven bays wide and features slightly projecting square stair towers and a crenellated roof parapet. It was designed by Clarence R. Coffey, an apprentice of Frank Lloyd Wright, and constructed by local artisans and laborers using local stone and wood sources.[2]
Cove Creek High School | |
Cove Creek High School, June 2015 | |
Location | 207 Dale Adams Rd., Sugar Grove, North Carolina |
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Coordinates | 36°15′47″N 81°47′07″W |
Area | 10.5 acres (4.2 ha) |
Built | 1940 | -1941
Built by | WPA |
Architect | Coffey, Clarence |
Architectural style | Collegiate Gothic |
NRHP reference No. | 98000707[1] |
Added to NRHP | June 18, 1998 |
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1998.[1]
References
- "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
- North Carolina HPO (December 1997). "Cove Creek High School" (pdf). National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory. North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office. Retrieved 2015-07-01.
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