Main Street Grammar School

Main Street Grammar School, also known as Union High School, is a historic school building located at Union, Union County, South Carolina. It was built in 1909 and is a two-story, brick Neo-Classical building. It features a brick parapet, central projecting bay and large pedimented portico. In 1965, the Union Campus of the University of South Carolina acquired the building and rehabilitated it to serve as its main campus building.[2][3]

Union High School-Main Street Grammar School
Union High School-Main Street Grammar School, March 2012
Main Street Grammar School is located in South Carolina
Main Street Grammar School
Main Street Grammar School is located in the United States
Main Street Grammar School
Location401 E. Main St.,
Union, South Carolina
Coordinates34.7160°N 81.6197°W / 34.7160; -81.6197
Area1.5 acres (0.61 ha)
ArchitectJ.S. Starr
Architectural styleClassical Revival
MPSUnion MPS
NRHP reference No.89000797[1]
Added to NRHPJuly 20, 1989

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1989.[1] It is located in the East Main Street-Douglass Heights Historic District.

References

  1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. J. Tracy Power and H. Thomas Shaw (July 1988). "Union High School-Main Street Grammar School" (pdf). National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory. Retrieved July 1, 2014.
  3. "Union High School-Main St. Grammar School, Union County (E. Main & N. Church Sts., Union)". National Register Properties in South Carolina. South Carolina Department of Archives and History. Retrieved July 1, 2014.


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