Eleventh Street School

Eleventh Street School
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
The school in October 2014
Location	1026 Chestnut St., Gadsden, Alabama
Coordinates	34°0′49″N 86°1′5″W / 34.01361°N 86.01806°WCoordinates: 34°0′49″N 86°1′5″W / 34.01361°N 86.01806°W
Area	1.2 acres (0.49 ha)
Built	1907
Architect	A. D. Simpson
NRHP Reference #	84000616[1]
Added to NRHP	May 10, 1984

The Eleventh Street School is a historic building in Gadsden, Alabama. Built in 1907, it is the oldest surviving public school in Gadsden. An addition of 8 classrooms, a lunchroom, and two other rooms was added in 1926. The building operated as a school until 1962, and later served as an adult education center and storage and offices for the city board of education. The building is two stories with a partially above-ground basement. The façade has stone steps leading to a shallow portico, with two Ionic columns supporting a denticulated cornice. Above the portico sits a Palladian window.^[2] The building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1984.^[1]

References

1. National Park Service (July 9, 2010). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. Retrieved August 13, 2014.
2. Tomasello, Frank; Shirley D. Qualls (February 2, 1984). "Eleventh Street School" (PDF). National Register of Historic Places Inventory-Nomination Form. National Park Service. Archived from the original on August 13, 2014. Retrieved August 13, 2014. See also: "Accompanying photos" (PDF). Archived from the original on August 13, 2014. Retrieved August 13, 2014.