{"nrhp_refnum":"02000842","name":"Millen High School","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"100 Cleveland Ave.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Millen","county":"Jenkins County","state":"GA","lat":32.80556724400003,"lon":-81.94207213799996,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"2002-11-21","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture","Education"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A three-building public school campus on a large corner lot in a residential area of Millen, the Jenkins County seat in Georgia, built between 1922 and 1962 with architects Scroggs & Ewing, Brown & Eve, and William Hughes and Robert McCreary.","why_significant":"The complex is argued to be a good and intact example of a school built in stages for a small Georgia community, with Classical Revival and International-style buildings. It is also significant in education as the only public school for Millen's white community during the historic period.","narrative":"Millen High School is a three-building campus in a residential part of Millen, Georgia, built in stages from 1922 to 1962. The 1922 two-story high school and auditorium, designed by Scroggs & Ewing of Augusta, has Classical Revival details including arched windows and a 500-seat auditorium. A one-story elementary school, begun in 1941 by a Works Progress Administration crew and finished in 1943, replaced an 1898 school that no longer stands. A flat-roofed International-style lunchroom was added in 1962. The campus served the white community of Millen until 1993, with several changes in grade levels over the decades. It was recognized for architecture, as an intact example of a community school built over time, and for education, as the only public school for the town's white residents during the historic period. The buildings are now vacant, closed to use after fire marshal requirements were not met.","period_of_significance":"1922-1962","architect_builder":"Scroggs & Ewing (architects, 1922 building); Arnold Construction Company (builder, 1922); Brown & Eve (architects, 1943 building); William Hughes and Robert McCreary (architects, 1962 building); Ergle-Reid Builders (builder, 1962)","architectural_style":"Late 19th and 20th Century Revivals/Classical Revival; Modern Movement/International Style","criteria":["A","C"],"status_note":"Current function is listed as vacant; the buildings are no longer used because fire marshal requirements have not been met. A Georgia Heritage grant for predevelopment was received in 2001.","vacant_flag":true,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:55:43.532965-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_GA/02000842.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/02000842/2259c45f62-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/02000842/2259c45f62-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 4.0","author":"Jud McCranie","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Site_of_Millen_HS,_Millen,_GA,_US.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Jud McCranie</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY-SA 4.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Site_of_Millen_HS,_Millen,_GA,_US.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/93208743","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Millen_High_School","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q30622542"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/georgia/jenkins-county/millen-high-school-02000842/"}