{"nrhp_refnum":"03001491","name":"Academy of Richmond County-1926 Campus","other_names":[],"category":"district","location":{"address":"910 Russell St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Augusta","county":"Richmond County","state":"GA","lat":33.47396240850006,"lon":-82.00450322229979,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"2004-01-28","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture","Education"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A 30-acre school campus district at 910 Russell Street in Augusta, Richmond County, Georgia, centered on a three-story Collegiate Gothic main building completed in 1926 and designed by Scroggs and Ewing, with later additions, a stadium, athletic fields and an entry gate.","why_significant":"The nomination argues it is a high-quality, largely intact example of Collegiate Gothic design for a 1926 city high school, with 1950s additions in the modern/International style. It also represents Georgia's oldest operating educational institution and housed the Junior College of Augusta, the first locally supported public junior college in Georgia, from 1926 to 1958.","narrative":"Academy of Richmond County's 1926 campus, just west of downtown Augusta, is a 30-acre school complex built on drained swampland at the foot of Summerville hill. Its three-story brick main building, designed by the Augusta firm Scroggs and Ewing, uses Collegiate Gothic details such as pointed-arch entrances, corner buttresses, white stucco arches and patterned brickwork. Inside, the auditorium keeps its original light fixtures, orchestra pit and seats. Later additions from 1938 through the 1980s, a 1930 football stadium, athletic fields and a historic entry gate complete the grounds. The campus matters for architecture and for education. The school descends from an academy chartered in 1783, making it the oldest operating educational institution in Georgia. From 1926 to 1958 the building also housed the Junior College of Augusta, the first publicly supported junior college in the state, which later became part of the University System of Georgia. The school remains an active high school.","period_of_significance":"1926-1958","architect_builder":"Scroggs, Philander P. (d.1960) and Ewing, Whitley L. (d. 1953), principals of the firm of Scroggs and Ewing of Augusta, Georgia. (Palmer-Spivey Construction Company is named in the text as builder.)","architectural_style":"Late 19th and 20th Century Revivals/Late Gothic Revival/Collegiate Gothic","criteria":["A","C"],"status_note":"Continues in use as an active high school; the main building was undergoing renovation when the photographs were taken. The earlier 1802 academy building downtown is described as currently vacant.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:55:43.229651-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_GA/03001491.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/03001491/93e2055d11-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/03001491/93e2055d11-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Gwringle","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Academy_of_Richmond_County,_front_entrance..JPG\" rel=\"noopener\">Gwringle</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:Academy_of_Richmond_County,_front_entrance..JPG"},"district":{"nrhp_refnum":"100004122","name":"Woodlawn Historic District","url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/districts/georgia/woodlawn-historic-district-100004122/"},"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/93209337","wikipedia":null,"wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q116840613"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/georgia/richmond-county/academy-of-richmond-county-1926-campus-03001491/"}