Wardlaw Junior High School

Wardlaw Junior High School

Wardlaw Junior High School, September 2012
Location 1003 Elmwood Ave., Columbia, South Carolina
Coordinates 34°0′45″N 81°2′33″W / 34.01250°N 81.04250°W / 34.01250; -81.04250Coordinates: 34°0′45″N 81°2′33″W / 34.01250°N 81.04250°W / 34.01250; -81.04250
Area 4.2 acres (1.7 ha)
Built 1926 (1926)-1927
Architect Urquhart, J. B.
Architectural style Late Gothic Revival
MPS Columbia MRA
NRHP Reference # 84002096[1]
Added to NRHP September 13, 1984

Wardlaw Junior High School, also known as Wardlaw Middle School, is a historic Middle school located at Columbia, South Carolina. It was built in 1926-1927, and is a three-story, rectangular brick structure with a central courtyard. It features Gothic window tracery, arched entrances with one-story porches, and decorative cast stone panels. It was the first junior high school building in South Carolina.[2][3]

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1984.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 National Park Service (2010-07-09). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
  2. National Register Staff, Nancy Fox, and Terry Floyd (July 1984). "Wardlaw Junior High School" (pdf). National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory. Retrieved 2014-01-07.
  3. "Wardlaw Junior High School, Richland County (1003 Elmwood Ave., Columbia)". National Register Properties in South Carolina. South Carolina Department of Archives and History. Retrieved 2014-01-07.


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