{"nrhp_refnum":"77000444","name":"East Side School","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"120 N. Hansell St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Thomasville","county":"Thomas County","state":"GA","lat":30.843848307500053,"lon":-83.97430876073378,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1977-12-16","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Education","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"East Side School is a T-shaped, two-story red brick public school with a basement at 120 North Hansell Street, Thomasville, Thomas County, Georgia. It was built in 1915 by contractor Clayton.","why_significant":"The nomination argues it was the first school building constructed for that purpose by the Thomasville Board of Education and the first in Thomas County. Its 1915 construction marks the start of a permanent, stable public school system after years of private schooling and instability. It also represents a style of architecture typical of early 20th century educational and municipal buildings.","narrative":"East Side School is a T-shaped, two-story brick school with a basement on North Hansell Street in Thomasville, Georgia. Completed in 1915, it has red face brick walls, buff brick trim and quoins, terra cotta ornament, a red clay tile roof and a recessed Colonial-style entrance. Inside, the floors are quarter-sawn longleaf yellow pine cut near Thomasville, and the plaster auditorium is in a classical deco manner. It was the first school building the city's Board of Education built for public school use, funded by the first bond money spent on a Thomasville school. Before 1901, local schools were private, and the early public system operated from an older brick building. The cornerstone was laid in January 1915 on land donated by the Mallette family, and the school opened that September with an 800-seat auditorium. It served as a public school until 1976 and is valued as a symbol of lasting commitment to public education in Thomas County. Oak and dogwood trees planted at construction remain on the grounds.","period_of_significance":"1900-","architect_builder":"Contractor- Clayton","architectural_style":"Typical early 20th century public school architecture, with Colonial style entrance and classical deco auditorium","criteria":[],"status_note":"Used continually as a public school until 1976; listed as unoccupied, in excellent condition but altered.","vacant_flag":true,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:55:40.367034-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_GA/77000444.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/77000444/2be3dd640d-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/77000444/2be3dd640d-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 2.5","author":"Ebyabe","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Thomasville_GA_East_Side_School01.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Ebyabe</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY-SA 2.5</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Thomasville_GA_East_Side_School01.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/93209633","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/East_Side_School_(Thomasville,_Georgia)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q30606363"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/georgia/thomas-county/east-side-school-77000444/"}