Eichelberger High School, also known as Hanover Middle School and Eichelberger Academy, is a historic high school building located at

Hanover Hanover (; german: Hannover ; nds, Hannober) is the capital and largest city of the German state of Lower Saxony. Its 535,932 (2021) inhabitants make it the 13th-largest city in Germany as well as the fourth-largest city in Northern Germany ...

York County, Pennsylvania York County ( Pennsylvania Dutch: Yarrick Kaundi) is a county in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. As of the 2020 census, the population was 456,438. Its county seat is York. The county was created on August 19, 1749, from part of Lancaster ...

. It was built in 1896, and altered and expanded in 1931-1932, with few design elements from the original building remaining. It is a five-part brick building in the Georgian Revival style, with a main building flanked by two wings connected by hyphens. The main building features a

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supported by six

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columns and topped by a hipped roof and

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. ''Note:'' This includes It was added to the

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in 1995. It is located in the

Hanover Historic District The Hanover Historic District is a national historic district located in Hanover in York County, Pennsylvania. Bordered roughly by Elm Avenue, Broadway, Eisenhower Drive, Hollywood Avenue, and the borough's boundary line, this district encompass ...

Notable students

* John Hostetter (1946–2016), actor *Kaye Lynn McCool (1946–), Singer-Songwriter

References

{{National Register of Historic Places in Pennsylvania School buildings on the National Register of Historic Places in Pennsylvania Georgian Revival architecture in Pennsylvania Buildings and structures in York County, Pennsylvania National Register of Historic Places in York County, Pennsylvania 1896 establishments in Pennsylvania