Ashwood School Gymnasium and Auditorium

United States historic place


Ashwood School Gymnasium and Auditorium
U.S. National Register of Historic Places


34°06′28″N 80°18′59″W / 34.10778°N 80.31639°W / 34.10778; -80.31639
Area	3.3 acres (1.3 ha)
Built	Less than one acre
Architect	Goode Company
Architectural style	Colonial Revival
NRHP reference No.	09000914^[1]
Added to NRHP	May 25, 2011

Ashwood School Gymnasium and Auditorium is a historic school gymnasium and auditorium located at Ashwood near Bishopville, Lee County, South Carolina. It was built in 1938 to serve Ashwood Plantation, the first and largest of the Resettlement Administration (RA) project tracts in South Carolina. The building served as the school and community gymnasium and as an auditorium for dramatic performances and films. It is a one-story building with a simplified Colonial Revival style popular in the 1930s in government-sponsored construction.^[2]^[3]

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2011.^[1]

References

^ ^a ^b "National Register of Historic Places Listings". Weekly List of Actions Taken on Properties: 5/23/11 through 5/27/11. National Park Service. 2011-06-03.
^ Elizabeth Almlie (April 2011). "Ashwood School Gymnasium and Auditorium" (pdf). National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory. Retrieved 14 June 2014.
^ "Ashwood School Gymnasium and Auditorium, Lee County (160 Ashwood School Rd., Bishopville vicinity)". National Register Properties in South Carolina. South Carolina Department of Archives and History. Retrieved 14 June 2014.