Cove Creek High School

Cove Creek High School
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Cove Creek High School, June 2015
Location	207 Dale Adams Rd., Sugar Grove, North Carolina
Coordinates	36°15′47″N 81°47′07″W / 36.26306°N 81.78528°WCoordinates: 36°15′47″N 81°47′07″W / 36.26306°N 81.78528°W
Area	10.5 acres (4.2 ha)
Built	1940-1941
Built by	WPA
Architect	Coffey, Clarence
Architectural style	Collegiate Gothic
NRHP Reference #	98000707[1]
Added to NRHP	June 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. National Park Service (2010-07-09). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
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.