Marion High School is a historic school building located at Marion, Marion County, South Carolina. It was built in 1923–1924, and is a one-story, Classical Revival style brick building. The building's main façade features baroque massing with projecting central and end pavilions. When built, the school included a gymnasium, a physics and chemistry laboratory, a domestic science department with sewing and cooking rooms, agriculture laboratory, and a commercial department. The building served as a high school until 1975, then became the home for Marion Elementary School until 1994.[2][3] The building now serves as the headquarters for the Marion County School District.[4]

Marion High School from 1924 to 1976, now converted to Marion County School District building

It was listed in the National Register of Historic Places in 2001.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. ^ Cheryl Allread (November 2000). "Marion High School" (pdf). National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory. Retrieved February 22, 2014.
  3. ^ "Marion High School, Marion County (719 N. Main St., Mullins)". National Register Properties in South Carolina. South Carolina Department of Archives and History. Retrieved February 22, 2014.
  4. ^ Marion County School District Archived 2013-03-20 at the Wayback Machine


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