Olympia School

The Olympia School, also known as the Picture City School, the Hobe Sound White School, the Apollo Street School and now the Apollo School, is an historic two-room elementary school building located at 9141 Southeast Apollo Street in Hobe Sound, Martin County, Florida. On December 20, 2002, it was added to the U.S. National Register of Historic Places.[1] The school closed in 1963 upon the opening of the Hobe Sound Elementary School on Gomez Avenue. The building is in the process of being restored by the Apollo School Foundation, Inc.[2][3][4]

Olympia School
Olympia School is located in Florida
Olympia School
Olympia School is located in the United States
Olympia School
Location9141 SE Apollo St., Hobe Sound, Florida
Coordinates27°03′35″N 80°07′53″W
Built1925
ArchitectFatio, Mario; Treanor and Fatio
Architectural styleMission/Spanish Revival
NRHP reference No.02001534 [1]
Added to NRHPDecember 20, 2002
March 31, 2012 view

References
  1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. April 15, 2008.
  2. Apollo School Foundation, Inc. website
  3. Mattise, Jomnathan, Apollo School group hopes funding survives veto, Stuart News, p. 1, March 16, 2012
  4. Kane, Peggy, Historic Apollo School invitation, discusses work done to date, TCpalm, Feb. 2, 2012
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