Built 1947 (1947)-1948 VLR # 044-5169 Area 2 ha | NRHP Reference # 05001587 Designated VLR December 7, 2005 Added to NRHP 3 February 2006 | |
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Location VA 57, Bassett, Virginia Architectural style Colonial Revival architecture | ||
John D. Bassett High School, also known as Bassett Middle School, is a historic school building located at Bassett, Henry County, Virginia. It was built in 1947–1948, and is a two-story Georgian Revival style brick school building. A rear addition was built in 1961. It has three bay portico entrances at each end with cupolas above. They provide public access to the two community spaces on the interior – the auditorium at one end and the gymnasium at the other. The building features a hip roof with slate shingles, gabled dormers and octagonal cupolas; and Flemish-bond variant brickwork with corner quoins and a water table. It was replaced by the Bassett High School, and continued to operate as a middle school. The school closed in 2004.
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2006.