{"nrhp_refnum":"08001248","name":"Mauk School","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"37 GA 127 S.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Mauk","county":"Taylor County","state":"GA","lat":32.50161684600005,"lon":-84.42328428799999,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"2008-12-30","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture","Education","Social History"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"Mauk School is a one-story, six-room wood-frame schoolhouse at 37 State Route 127 South in Mauk, a rural community in western Taylor County, Georgia. It was built in 1936 with Works Progress Administration assistance.","why_significant":"The nomination argues it is a good intact example of a rural public school with Colonial Revival elements (Criterion C), and the only remaining WPA-funded school in the county. It is also significant for education as an early example of universal public education, and for social history as a community gathering place that hosted singing schools, club meetings and entertainments (Criterion A).","narrative":"Mauk School is a one-story, six-room schoolhouse in the rural community of Mauk, in western Taylor County, Georgia. Built in 1936 with Works Progress Administration help, it has a wood weatherboard exterior, a brick foundation, a gable-on-hip roof and a plan shaped like an inverted T. Colonial Revival touches include a symmetrical front and a gabled entry with engaged square columns. Inside, the original floor plan survives, including an auditorium with a stage and wooden theater seats with Art Deco side panels. The architect is unknown, though the plan closely resembles a Rosenwald Fund design. The school served local white children until 1956, when it closed through consolidation with the Butler system. It was also the community's main gathering place, hosting home demonstration club meetings, summer singing schools, plays, movies and showers. It is listed for its architecture, its role in education and its place in local social life. It is now used as a clubhouse.","period_of_significance":"1936-1956","architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Late 19th and 20th Century Revivals: Colonial Revival","criteria":["A","C"],"status_note":"Now used as a clubhouse, owned by the MCN Club, Inc.; the building retains its original floor plan, though the windows were replaced in 2002 and the cupola and chimneys are gone.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:55:43.209726-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_GA/08001248.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/08001248/0dc88e36a9-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/08001248/0dc88e36a9-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"SaveRivers","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Mauk_School_(NRHP)_Mauk,_GA.JPG\" rel=\"noopener\">SaveRivers</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:Mauk_School_(NRHP)_Mauk,_GA.JPG"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/93209582","wikipedia":null,"wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q134463326"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/georgia/taylor-county/mauk-school-08001248/"}