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NRHP Reference #
  
84000253

Area
  
8,094 m²

Architect
  
Wilbur B. Talley

Opened
  
1902

Added to NRHP
  
23 November 1984

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Location
  
301 West 7th Street, Sanford, Florida  United States

Built
  
1902; 115 years ago (1902)

Architectural styles
  
Romanesque architecture, Romanesque Revival architecture

Similar
  
Public History Center, Robinson Observatory, Arboretum of the University, UCF Soccer and Track Sta, Jay Bergman Field

The Sanford Grammar School, also known as the Sanford High School and as the Margaret K. Reynolds Building, is an historic school building located at 301 West 7th Street in Sanford, Florida Built in 1902, it was designed by Wilbur B. Talley in the Romanesque Revival style of architecture. Sanford architect Elton James Moughton designed the wings which were added in 1916. On November 23, 1984, it was added to the U.S. National Register of Historic Places.

In 1989, it was listed in A Guide to Florida's Historic Architecture prepared by the Florida Association of the American Institute of Architects and published by the University of Florida Press.

Student Museum and Public History Center

The Sanford Student Museum and Public History Center, operated through a partnership between the Seminole County Public Schools and The University of Central Florida, is located in the historic school building. Exhibits include geography, Native Americans, pioneer life, early education, the local African American neighborhood of Georgetown, antique household items, dolls and local history. The museum is focused on programs for local school groups, but is open to the public on specific afternoons each week.

References

Sanford Grammar School Wikipedia


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