{"nrhp_refnum":"85000393","name":"New Hope High School","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"VA 608","address_restricted":false,"city":"New Hope","county":"Augusta County","state":"VA","lat":38.201155405000065,"lon":-78.90368038899999,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1985-02-27","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Community Planning and Development","Education","Politics/Government","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["state"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A one-story brick central-auditorium high school built in 1925 on Rt. 608 at New Hope, Augusta County, Virginia, by the Eutsler Brothers of Grottoes. It later served as an elementary school, and an agricultural shop building from 1926 stands on the grounds.","why_significant":"It was one of the first modern high school buildings in Augusta County and is the best-preserved of the first group of central-auditorium schools built in the mid 1920s. It shows how the State Division of School Buildings adapted a standard plan to local needs. New Hope was also a leader in vocational education, with a Smith-Hughes agriculture program from 1923 and the county's first detached agriculture shop in 1926.","narrative":"New Hope High School is a brick school building completed in 1925 along Route 608 in the Middle River farming community of New Hope, Augusta County. Built for $22,000 by the Eutsler Brothers of Grottoes, it is organized around a central auditorium and gymnasium under a tall hipped roof, with classrooms wrapped around three sides. The design began as a State standard eight-room plan and was modified to omit one wing at first and add basement laboratories. Stepped facades, diamond-shaped concrete blocks and brick pilasters give it an Art Deco character. It is the best-preserved and least-altered of four similar schools the Eutsler Brothers built in the 1920s. The school also reflects the community's role in vocational education, with an agriculture program from 1923 and the county's first detached agriculture shop, built in 1926. A north wing was added in 1942 and a cannery in 1945. After 1947 the building served as an elementary school, which it remains today.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":"Eutsler Brothers","architectural_style":"Art Deco","criteria":[],"status_note":"Still in use as an elementary school; condition listed as good and altered.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:51:59.939403-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/68/6785/41678568/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_VA/85000393.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/85000393/c7139f29ab-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/85000393/c7139f29ab-1600.webp","licence":"Public domain","author":"Nyttend","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:New_Hope_High_School.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Nyttend</a>, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:New_Hope_High_School.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/41678568","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Hope_High_School_(New_Hope,_Virginia)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q14712953"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/virginia/augusta-county/new-hope-high-school-85000393/"}