{"nrhp_refnum":"92001888","name":"Pomona High School, Former","other_names":["Lindley Junior High School"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"221 Spring Garden St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Greensboro","county":"Guilford County","state":"NC","lat":36.06305714700005,"lon":-79.82986855299998,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1995-02-24","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Education","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A former two-story brick high school at 2201 Spring Garden Street in Greensboro, Guilford County, North Carolina, built about 1920 in three sections, with three later non-contributing buildings on the site.","why_significant":"It was among the first of the large brick schools built during Greensboro's school consolidation in the 1920s, reflecting the city's advances in public education. It is also a well-preserved example of the restrained Classical styling used for schools and other non-residential buildings of that decade, with a limestone Doric portico.","narrative":"Built about 1920 on Spring Garden Street in Greensboro, this brick school began as Pomona High School and later became Lindley Junior High School. Its original U-shaped block has a nine-bay front, limestone, concrete and terra cotta trim, and a one-story limestone Doric portico with a curved, stepped parapet above. Wings were added in 1940, a rear infill section in 1951, and a cafeteria, classroom building and gymnasium/auditorium followed in the late 1940s and 1950s. The school honors John Van Lindley, a nurseryman and supporter of public education who founded the Pomona community and its earlier schools. It was among the first large brick schools built as Greensboro consolidated its school system in the 1920s, replacing the modest frame schools that had been common. It represents the restrained classical style favored for institutional buildings of the period. Classes ended in the 1970s, and the main building now stands vacant and deteriorating inside.","period_of_significance":"ca.1920-1941","architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Classical Revival","criteria":["A","C"],"status_note":"The main building and the 1953 classroom building are vacant; the cafeteria and gymnasium were used for warehouse storage, and the interior has deteriorated from broken windows and neglect.","vacant_flag":true,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:57:50.8806-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/53/7179/47717953/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NC/92001888.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/92001888/3deb4285e1-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/92001888/3deb4285e1-1600.webp","licence":"Public domain","author":"Nyttend","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Former_Pomona_High_School.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Nyttend</a>, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Former_Pomona_High_School.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/47717953","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Former_Pomona_High_School","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q18705890"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/north-carolina/guilford-county/pomona-high-school-former-92001888/"}