{"nrhp_refnum":"01000138","name":"Summit Hill High School","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"124 W. Hazard St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Summit Hill","county":"Carbon County","state":"PA","lat":40.82633064100003,"lon":-75.87441531199994,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"2001-02-16","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Education","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A three-story Renaissance Revival school building in the borough of Summit Hill, Carbon County, Pennsylvania, on a residential street along Pisgah Mountain ridge. It was built in 1911 and is one of the surviving structures of the town's school history, now converted to apartments.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the school was the educational and cultural focus of Summit Hill and reflects the value placed on secondary education in the coalfields. It is also presented as a distinctive, highly ornamented building, notable for its terra cotta entry portals, decorative features and surviving interior elements.","narrative":"Built in 1911 on a residential street along the ridge of Pisgah Mountain in Summit Hill, Carbon County, this three-story brick school has a symmetrical H-shaped plan with terra cotta detailing that simulates limestone. Its entry portals on the south, east and west facades have paired smooth columns, egg and dart capitals, and scrolls dedicated to European figures such as Plato, Socrates, Beethoven and Chopin. The school was the only remaining school building in the town and was the focus of community life, hosting an annual Chautauqua visit beginning in 1919 and the town's basketball and debate teams. The school is valued for its educational role in a coalfield community, where schools were seen as a path to a better life. Its exterior has retained a high degree of integrity. After a period of neglect from the late 1960s to 1997, the building was renovated and converted to apartments, with the first-floor main hall largely preserved.","period_of_significance":"1911-1950","architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Renaissance Revival","criteria":["A","C"],"status_note":"Renovated in 1997 and converted to low and moderate income apartments; the second floor auditorium was severely damaged by neglect.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-haiku-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.1-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 17:11:38.125185-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_PA/01000138.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/01000138/fcb8a299ec-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/01000138/fcb8a299ec-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Hshuvaeva","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Summit_Hill_High_School,_Summit_Hill,_PA_01.JPG\" rel=\"noopener\">Hshuvaeva</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:Summit_Hill_High_School,_Summit_Hill,_PA_01.JPG"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71998315","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Summit_Hill_High_School","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7637814"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/pennsylvania/carbon-county/summit-hill-high-school-01000138/"}