{"nrhp_refnum":"11000775","name":"Glynn Academy","other_names":["Sterling Consolidated School"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"SE. corner of Egmont & Monck Sts.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Brunswick","county":"Glynn County","state":"GA","lat":31.14883446600004,"lon":-81.48985500899994,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"2011-11-04","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A two-story Greek Revival frame school building built in 1840 on Hillsborough Square in the Newtown area of Brunswick, Glynn County, Georgia. It now sits on the Glynn Academy campus at Egmont and Monck streets.","why_significant":"The nomination argues it is an excellent local example of Greek Revival architecture. Its temple-front, four-column Doric portico echoes ancient Greek temples, and the entasis of the columns reflects careful craftsmanship by builder Jonathan Bill. It was moved twice, so its significance rests on architecture rather than on its former locations.","narrative":"Built in 1840, this two-story frame school in Brunswick, Georgia, was commissioned by the town's board of commissioners and built by Connecticut builder Jonathan Bill. It has a temple-front entrance with four fluted Doric columns about 20 feet tall, weatherboard siding, a gabled roof and nine-over-nine windows. Inside, a front vestibule with stairs leads to large classrooms on each floor, finished in wood boards. For nearly half a century it was Brunswick's only public school. After being replaced in 1888, it hosted court, school activities and church services, then was moved in 1915 to Sterling, where it served as an African-American school until the late 1960s. Later uses included a senior center, recreation center and county offices. In 2008 it was moved back to within about 100 yards of its original site, on the Glynn Academy campus. It was listed as an excellent local example of Greek Revival architecture.","period_of_significance":"1840","architect_builder":"Bill, Jonathan (builder)","architectural_style":"Mid-19th-Century Revival: Greek Revival","criteria":["C"],"status_note":"Currently serves as an educational facility for the Glynn Academy/Glynn County School Board; the form lists current function as work in progress after its 2008 move to the campus.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:55:43.315812-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_GA/11000775.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/11000775/597f7f990f-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/11000775/597f7f990f-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Bubba73 (Jud McCranie)","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Glynn_Academy_1840_building,_Brunswick,_GA,_US.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Bubba73 (Jud McCranie)</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:Glynn_Academy_1840_building,_Brunswick,_GA,_US.jpg"},"district":{"nrhp_refnum":"79000727","name":"Brunswick Old Town Historic District","url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/districts/georgia/brunswick-old-town-historic-district-79000727/"},"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/93208427","wikipedia":null,"wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q25860931"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/georgia/glynn-county/glynn-academy-11000775/"}