{"nrhp_refnum":"86002016","name":"Hartwell City School","other_names":["Hart County Elementary School"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"College Ave.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Hartwell","county":"Hart County","state":"GA","lat":34.349614520000046,"lon":-82.92883880499994,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1986-09-11","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Education","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A school complex on College Avenue in Hartwell, Hart County, Georgia, made up of a one-story Georgian Revival classroom building built in 1934 and a Neo-classical gymnasium built in 1939.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the complex is an intact 1930s institutional design associated with Atlanta architects Daniell and Beutell. The gymnasium is tied to designer Luther M. Temple and to the Works Progress Administration, and is the community's main WPA project. Together the buildings are the only surviving historic educational structures in Hartwell and reflect a statewide trend toward consolidated, modern schools.","narrative":"This school complex on College Avenue in Hartwell consists of a red brick classroom building from 1934 and a gymnasium from 1939. The one-story classroom building is Georgian Revival in style, with a projecting central entrance pavilion, an arched opening framed by concrete Ionic pilasters, and brick laid in English bond. Inside, a cross hall divides the plan into four quadrants of classrooms. The gymnasium has a Doric temple front over its entrance vestibule. It was designed by Luther M. Temple and built with Works Progress Administration support, making it the town's main WPA project. The classroom building was designed by Atlanta architects Daniell and Beutell. Schools have occupied this site since 1888, and these two buildings are the only historic educational structures left in Hartwell. They also reflect Georgia's early twentieth-century move toward consolidated, modern schools. The buildings became an elementary school in 1956 and remain in that use, with only minor alterations.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":"Daniel & Beutell, Architects; F. H. Turnipseed, Builder (classroom building); Luther M. Temple, designer, with the Works Progress Administration (gymnasium)","architectural_style":"Georgian Revival (classroom building); Neo-classical (gymnasium)","criteria":["A","C"],"status_note":"Still in use as an elementary school; minor alterations made in 1982, and the form says both buildings keep their identity and integrity.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:55:43.110943-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_GA/86002016.pdf"},"photo":null,"district":{"nrhp_refnum":"86002004","name":"Benson Street-Forest Avenue Residential Historic District","url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/districts/georgia/benson-street-forest-avenue-residential-historic-district-86002004/"},"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/93206248","wikipedia":null,"wikidata":null},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/georgia/hart-county/hartwell-city-school-86002016/"}