{"nrhp_refnum":"00000107","name":"Cumming Public School-Cumming High School","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"101 School St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Cumming","county":"Forsyth County","state":"GA","lat":34.20817656300005,"lon":-84.13682898399998,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"2000-02-18","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture","Education"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A one-story red-brick school building at 101 School Street in downtown Cumming, Forsyth County, Georgia, built in 1927 with modest Gothic Revival details, plus two contributing outbuildings.","why_significant":"The nomination argues it is significant in architecture as a modest, utilitarian school that reflects what a low-income north Georgia community could afford and the school design standards of the 1920s and 1930s. It is significant in education as the city's only school, serving grades 1-12 from 1927 to 1950 and beyond, and as the site of local gatherings. The land had also been a community education site since the 1880s.","narrative":"Built in 1927 at 101 School Street in downtown Cumming, this one-story red-brick school was rebuilt after lightning struck and burned its 1923 predecessor. Insurance money of $10,000 and local fund raisers paid for the work, and salvaged brick and other materials were reused. The elongated H-plan has a central hall, an auditorium at the rear and a stone-trimmed Gothic Revival entrance with a parapet hood. Its style is plain and utilitarian, reflecting what a modest north Georgia community could afford. For decades it was the city's only school, serving grades one through twelve, and the auditorium hosted local events. Students moved out in stages after 1955, and the county school board used the building as offices until the city bought it in 1999 for multipurpose use. Two outbuildings, a storage shed and a bus servicing building, also contribute to the property.","period_of_significance":"1927-1950","architect_builder":"unknown","architectural_style":"OTHER: with Gothic Revival details","criteria":["A","C"],"status_note":"Purchased by the City of Cumming in 1999 for use as a multipurpose building; the Historical Society of Forsyth County plans to use part of it as headquarters and meeting space. Earlier used as county school board offices after it closed to students in 1974.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:55:42.666418-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_GA/00000107.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/00000107/0a8ff36d24-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/00000107/0a8ff36d24-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Bruce Warmbrod","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Cumming_School_built_in_1923.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Bruce Warmbrod</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY-SA 3.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Cumming_School_built_in_1923.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/93208025","wikipedia":null,"wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q125357647"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/georgia/forsyth-county/cumming-public-school-cumming-high-school-00000107/"}