Built 1892 Opened 1892 Added to NRHP 24 February 1983 | NRHP Reference # 83002233 Area 7,700 m² | |
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Location Simpson & High Sts., Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania Architect Smith, J.C.; Lappley, Clayton Architectural style Late Gothic Revival, Romanesque | ||
Simpson Street School is a historic school complex located at Mechanicsburg in Cumberland County, Pennsylvania. The complex consists of a Romanesque Revival style building built in 1892, and two Late Gothic Revival style buildings added in the 1920s. The 1892 building is square in plan, 2 1/2-stories with a raised basement. It is built pressed brick and features three ornate projecting entrances. The addition was built in two phases, in 1926 and 1929. It is two-stories and constructed of yellow brick with brownstone trim. It was used as a high school until 1957, then as a junior high until 1981, when it was sold by the school district.
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1983.
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