{"nrhp_refnum":"88000606","name":"Statenville Consolidated School","other_names":["Echols County High School"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"GA 94","address_restricted":false,"city":"Statenville","county":"Echols County","state":"GA","lat":30.70289940300006,"lon":-83.02455481499999,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1988-06-01","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Education","Architecture","Social History"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A one-story red brick school building on Georgia Highway 94 in Statenville, Echols County, Georgia, built in 1931 to designs by architect Lloyd Greer, with additions from 1935, 1936, 1938-1939 and 1948.","why_significant":"The school is significant in architecture as an affordable, one-level, no-frills school design by Lloyd Greer that marked a shift from the two-story brick schools of the 1920s. It is significant in education as the center of Echols County's school consolidation, aided by a Public Works Administration grant for the 1938-1939 addition. It is significant in social history because its 1931 auditorium became the county's largest public meeting space.","narrative":"Statenville Consolidated School is a one-story red brick school in the small, unincorporated county seat of Statenville, in far south Georgia. Built in 1931 after the earlier wooden school burned in 1929, it was designed by Valdosta architect Lloyd Greer and reflects what a poor rural county could afford during the Depression. Its plan is a modern one-level central hall, with minimal ornament apart from a cartouche reading \"SCS\" over the entrance. Additions followed in 1935, 1936, 1938-1939 and 1948. The 1938-1939 addition was funded partly by a Public Works Administration matching grant, and it let the school take in the county's high school students, leading to its renaming as Echols County High School in 1940. The auditorium, opened in 1931, became the county's largest gathering place for entertainment and public meetings. The building remains in school use, though windows, doors and interiors have been updated to meet state codes.","period_of_significance":"1931-1939","architect_builder":"Lloyd Greer (1885-1952)","architectural_style":"Late 19th and 20th Century Revivals / Late Gothic Revival / Collegiate Gothic","criteria":["A","C"],"status_note":"Still in use as the county high school; the auditorium is still used for many activities. Windows, doors and interior finishes have been altered.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:55:42.769693-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_GA/88000606.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/88000606/0a42bf4255-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/88000606/0a42bf4255-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 4.0","author":"Jud McCranie","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Consolidated_School_in_Statenville,_GA,_US.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Jud McCranie</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY-SA 4.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Consolidated_School_in_Statenville,_GA,_US.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/93207909","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Statenville_Consolidated_School","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q29093980"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/georgia/echols-county/statenville-consolidated-school-88000606/"}