{"nrhp_refnum":"02000986","name":"Mayworth School","other_names":["Cramerton School"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"236 Eighth Ave.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Cramerton","county":"Gaston County","state":"NC","lat":35.24056293700005,"lon":-81.07541383999995,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"2002-09-16","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Education","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"Mayworth School (also called Cramerton School) is a two- and three-story red brick Classical Revival school at 236 Eighth Avenue in Cramerton, Gaston County, North Carolina, built 1920-1921 and designed by mill owner Stuart Cramer. The nominated property also includes a 1939 gymnasium and a 1945 pool.","why_significant":"The school was the first building in the company-owned Cramerton mill village built solely for education and the town's only school from 1921 to 1997. It is argued to be a restrained, locally important example of Classical Revival design. The gymnasium and pool added to its physical education programs.","narrative":"Mayworth School is a red brick school at 236 Eighth Avenue in Cramerton, North Carolina, built in 1920-1921 for the children of a company-owned textile mill village. Mill owner and textile engineer Stuart Cramer designed it in a restrained Classical Revival style, with a stone portico, Roman Doric columns, brick panels and steel windows. Additions followed in 1930 and the 1960s, and a brick gymnasium (1939) and concrete pool (1945) joined the site. Before the school opened, village classes met in private homes, a store, a small frame building and the local theater stage. Mayworth was the first building in the community constructed solely for teaching, and it served as the town's only school until 1997. It was listed for local significance in education and architecture, with a period of significance from 1921 to 1952. The school building has been used for storage since closing, while the gymnasium and pool serve as a town recreation center.","period_of_significance":"1921-1952","architect_builder":"Cramer, Stuart -- architect","architectural_style":"Classical Revival","criteria":["A","C"],"status_note":"The school closed in 1997 and the building was used for storage; the gymnasium and pool have been rehabilitated and are used by the Town of Cramerton as a recreation center.","vacant_flag":true,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:57:53.329403-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/11/7204/47720411/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NC/02000986.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/02000986/ab24742fa2-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/02000986/ab24742fa2-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"RoxylovesHistory","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Mayworth_School_(close_up_view),_Cramerton,_NC_-_9-20-2014.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">RoxylovesHistory</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:Mayworth_School_(close_up_view),_Cramerton,_NC_-_9-20-2014.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/47720411","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mayworth_School","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6798165"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/north-carolina/gaston-county/mayworth-school-02000986/"}