Gastonia High School is a historic

high school A secondary school describes an institution that provides secondary education and also usually includes the building where this takes place. Some secondary schools provide both '' lower secondary education'' (ages 11 to 14) and ''upper seconda ...

building located at Gastonia,

Gaston County, North Carolina Gaston County is a county in the U.S. state of North Carolina. As of the 2020 census, the population was 227,943. The county seat is Gastonia. Dallas served as the original county seat from 1846 until 1911. Gaston County is included in the C ...

. It was designed by

Hugh Edward White Hugh Edward White (27 June 1869 -- 25 June 1939), was an American architect and businessman. During his nearly 40-year-long career, he designed numerous buildings, many of which are listed on the United States National Register of Historic Places. ...

and built in 1922–1924. It is a five-story, heavily ornamented E-shaped

Tudor Revival Tudor Revival architecture (also known as mock Tudor in the UK) first manifested itself in domestic architecture in the United Kingdom in the latter half of the 19th century. Based on revival of aspects that were perceived as Tudor architecture ...

style red brick school. It has a flat roof with

parapet A parapet is a barrier that is an extension of the wall at the edge of a roof, terrace, balcony, walkway or other structure. The word comes ultimately from the Italian ''parapetto'' (''parare'' 'to cover/defend' and ''petto'' 'chest/breast'). Whe ...

and features a four-bay projecting frontispiece and two-story, elegantly finished, auditorium. It has a six bays long and three bays wide addition built in 1955. It was listed on the

National Register of Historic Places The National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) is the United States federal government's official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures and objects deemed worthy of preservation for their historical significance or "great artistic v ...

in 1983. It is located in the

York-Chester Historic District York-Chester Historic District is a national historic district located at Gastonia, Gaston County, North Carolina, United States. It encompasses 649 contributing buildings, 2 contributing sites, and 1 contributing structure in a predominantl ...

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School buildings on the National Register of Historic Places in North Carolina Tudor Revival architecture in North Carolina School buildings completed in 1924 Buildings and structures in Gaston County, North Carolina National Register of Historic Places in Gaston County, North Carolina Historic district contributing properties in North Carolina 1924 establishments in North Carolina {{GastonCountyNC-NRHP-stub