{"nrhp_refnum":"03001187","name":"Nesquehoning High School","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"120-124 E. Catawissa St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Nesquehoning","county":"Carbon County","state":"PA","lat":40.865244424000025,"lon":-75.80937704899998,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"2003-11-21","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Education","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A four-story Classical Revival former high school in the coal-mining town of Nesquehoning, Carbon County, Pennsylvania, built 1917-1919 with structural terra cotta faced in Roman brick. It sits on a corner lot at Catawissa and Almond Streets.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the school is significant under Criterion A for its association with the advancement of public education in Carbon County and in the coal-mining community of Nesquehoning, reflecting Progressive-era ideas about the high school. It is also argued under Criterion C as a well-preserved example of early 20th-century school design and of Classical Revival styling in its regional context.","narrative":"Built between 1917 and 1919 on a half-acre corner lot in Nesquehoning, this four-story Classical Revival school was constructed of structural terra cotta and faced in Roman brick. Its south facade has a colonnade of four limestone Ionic columns and a carved limestone banner reading Nesquehoning High School. The building replaced a series of earlier schoolhouses in a town founded in 1831 by the Lehigh Coal and Navigation Company. Construction was delayed for several years by local disputes, World War I and the 1918 influenza epidemic, and the school was dedicated on May 30, 1919. Its stacked gymnasium and auditorium allowed a large school to fit a small site. After closing in the early 1960s, the building served civic uses until 1982, then stood empty and deteriorated. It was rehabilitated in the late 1990s, and it is regarded as a well-preserved example of early twentieth-century school design in the coal region.","period_of_significance":"1917-1952","architect_builder":"Simpson, Tucker and Marsh (architects, Newark NJ); Shamokin Lumber Company (builder); Clyde Adams's earlier plans were abandoned","architectural_style":"Classical Revival","criteria":["A","C"],"status_note":"Rehabilitated in 1998-2000 into low and moderate-income apartments and a senior citizen community center after a period of abandonment from 1982 to 1997.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-haiku-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.1-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 17:11:35.883109-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_PA/03001187.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/03001187/294e676f32-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/03001187/294e676f32-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Hshuvaeva","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Nesquehoning_High_School_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:Nesquehoning_High_School_01.JPG"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71996683","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nesquehoning_High_School","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q15261794"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/pennsylvania/carbon-county/nesquehoning-high-school-03001187/"}