{"nrhp_refnum":"98001266","name":"Mount Olive High School (Former)","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"100 Wooten St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Mount Olive","county":"Wayne County","state":"NC","lat":35.200434544000075,"lon":-78.07278472599995,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1998-10-22","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Education","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A three-story brick Classical Revival-style former public high school in Mount Olive, Wayne County, North Carolina, with a T-shaped plan and a parapeted gable-front auditorium. It was designed by Goldsboro architect John David Gullett and completed in 1925.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the building is one of Wayne County's best examples of a Classical Revival public school, with exterior decoration and size unmatched by most other 1920s consolidated schools in the county. It is associated with the early twentieth-century consolidation of rural schools into larger local schools. It is also presented as Gullett's largest and best-designed Wayne County public school.","narrative":"Completed in September 1925 on the west edge of Mount Olive, this three-story brick school was designed by Goldsboro architect John David Gullett and built by B.R. Lucas and Company of Raeford. Its T-shaped plan joins a classroom wing to a gable-front auditorium, with multicolored tapestry brick, terra cotta signage, and cast stone details. The school opened on September 7, 1925, serving as the town's public high school until 1965, when students moved to Southern Wayne High School. Its significance rests on its role in the 1920s consolidation of rural schools in North Carolina and on its status as one of Wayne County's most elaborate Classical Revival public schools. It is also Gullett's largest surviving Wayne County school. A 1945-1946 cafeteria is its only exterior addition. After demolition plans in 1997, the Mount Olive Area Historical Society sought to save it, and the Wayne County Board of Education transferred the building and about two acres to the town in January 1998.","period_of_significance":"1925-1948","architect_builder":"Gullett, John David (architect); Lucas, B.R. (builder)","architectural_style":"Classical Revival","criteria":["A","C"],"status_note":"Vacant in part; the ground floor is used by Mount Olive Elementary School for classrooms and band practice, and the auditorium hosts local events; the building was rescued from demolition in 1998 and rezoned for residential use.","vacant_flag":null,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-haiku-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.1-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 17:11:41.52175-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/31/7228/47722831/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NC/98001266.pdf"},"photo":null,"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/47722831","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mount_Olive_High_School_(North_Carolina)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q20679813"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/north-carolina/wayne-county/mount-olive-high-school-former-98001266/"}