National Historic Landmark · auditorium · City View, South Carolina

Parker High School Auditorium

United States historic place in City View, South Carolina. Built 1938. Added to the National Register in 1996, and a National Historic Landmark.

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What it is

Wikipedia · Parker High School Auditorium

Parker High School Auditorium is a historic high school auditorium located at Greenville, South Carolina. It was built in 1938 with funding provided by the Works Progress Administration. It is a Classical Revival style 7500 square foot rectangular brick building with a front gabled roof. It is the last remaining building from the largest WPA school project in South Carolina.

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The record

National Register of Historic Places
Property typeBuilding
Address900 Woodside Ave., City View, SC
CountyGreenville County
ListedFeb 26, 1996
Reference number96000144
Built1938
Type of placeauditorium
StyleNeoclassical architecture
Contributing resources1 buildings

The nomination form, the document that argues why this place matters, is in the National Archives: Read the nomination ↗

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Access not on record
Address900 Woodside Ave., City View, SC
Coordinates34.85927, -82.41540 · Directions ↗
Nearest national park unitCarl Sandburg Home National Historic Site · 28 mi · on Park Atlas
Federal campgrounds nearbyPoplar Springs 30 mi · Twin Lakes (Sc) 30 mi · Oconee Point 31 mi
Listing on the Register does not open the door. Unless a museum or park runs it, treat this as private property and see it from the sidewalk.

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Location, dates, type and contributing counts come from the National Park Service's National Register spatial data. Construction date, architect, style, photograph and encyclopedia link come from Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons, matched on reference number 96000144. Nothing here is transcribed by hand. The description under "What it is" is the opening of the Wikipedia article, CC BY-SA.