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Mars Hill High School

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Area
  
less than one acre

Architectural style
  
Rustic Revival

Built
  
1936 (1936)-1938

Added to NRHP
  
7 September 2005

Mars Hill High School

Location
  
734 Bailey St., Mars Hill, North Carolina

Built by
  
Works Progress Administration (WPA)

Architect
  
Alexander, S. Grant & Assoc.

Mars Hill High School, also known as Mars Hill School and Mars Hill Elementary School, is a historic high school building located at Mars Hill, Madison County, North Carolina. It was built between 1936 and 1938 by the Works Progress Administration (WPA) and is a one-story native stone building in the WPA Rustic style. It consists of two sections: a rear-facing "L"-shaped classroom block and a gymnasium wing Mars Hill High School continued to serve the community as a high school until a new high school was built in 1973. The building housed middle and elementary school students until 2001.

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2005.

References

Mars Hill High School Wikipedia