Cove Creek High School

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Cove Creek High School
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Cove Creek High School, June 2015
Cove Creek High School is located in North Carolina
Cove Creek High School
Location207 Dale Adams Rd., Sugar Grove, North Carolina
Coordinates36°15′47″N 81°47′07″W / 36.26306°N 81.78528°W / 36.26306; -81.78528Coordinates: 36°15′47″N 81°47′07″W / 36.26306°N 81.78528°W / 36.26306; -81.78528
Area10.5 acres (4.2 ha)
Built1940 (1940)-1941
Built byWPA
ArchitectCoffey, Clarence
Architectural styleCollegiate Gothic
NRHP reference No.98000707[1]
Added to NRHPJune 18, 1998

Cove Creek High School, also known as the Cove Creek Elementary School, is a historic high school building located at Sugar Grove, Watauga County, North Carolina. It was built by the Works Progress Administration in 1940–1941, and is a two-story, Collegiate Gothic style stone building. It is seven bays wide and features slightly projecting square stair towers and a crenellated roof parapet. It was designed by Clarence R. Coffey, an apprentice of Frank Lloyd Wright, and constructed by local artisans and laborers using local stone and wood sources.[2]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1998.[1]

References[]

  1. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. ^ North Carolina HPO (December 1997). "Cove Creek High School" (pdf). National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory. North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office. Retrieved 2015-07-01.


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