The Bacon County Elementary School, also referred to as Bacon County School, is a historic school in

Alma, Georgia Bacon County Courthouse Alma is a city in Bacon County, Georgia, United States, and the county seat. As of the 2020 census, the city had a population of 3,433. Alma is known as Georgia's blueberry capital, and hosts a Blueberry Festival each ...

, located at 504 North Pierce Street (

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). It was built by Alexander Douglas and was constructed in 1933-1934. It is in the

Colonial Revival The Colonial Revival architectural style seeks to revive elements of American colonial architecture. The beginnings of the Colonial Revival style are often attributed to the Centennial Exhibition of 1876, which reawakened Americans to the archi ...

style. The school contains a two-story main block (containing offices) with a portico in the center with one-story wings for classrooms. There is a large auditorium in the rear. A junior high school and high school were constructed on the site in the 1940s. A cafeteria was built in 1953 and two buildings for kindergarten and Head Start were built in 1969. The 1969 buildings remain, but are outside the National Register boundary. The 1940s and 1953 buildings were demolished in 2003. It was added to the

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on December 26, 2007.NRHP form
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{{reflist School buildings on the National Register of Historic Places in Georgia (U.S. state) Buildings and structures in Bacon County, Georgia National Register of Historic Places in Bacon County, Georgia School buildings completed in 1933 Colonial Revival architecture in Georgia (U.S. state)

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