{"nrhp_refnum":"99000411","name":"West Point Public School","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"Jct. of Ave. F and E. 8th St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"West Point","county":"Troup County","state":"GA","lat":32.874530840000034,"lon":-85.17430747899994,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1999-04-01","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture","Education"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A two-story Colonial Revival brick school building at Avenue F and East 8th Street in West Point, Troup County, Georgia, built in 1930 and designed by Ward Dennis of Dennis and Dennis of Macon. A city water tower behind it is counted as a second contributing resource.","why_significant":"The nomination argues it is a good, intact example of a large early 20th century Colonial Revival school with progressive design features. It was also the last in a succession of schools on the site and served as the town's only white elementary and high school for about twenty years. It remains a visual landmark on one of the highest points on the city's east side.","narrative":"Built in 1930 on a hilltop overlooking West Point and the Chattahoochee River, this T-shaped, two-story brick school was designed by Ward Dennis of the Macon firm Dennis and Dennis. Its Colonial Revival character shows in a pedimented central pavilion with four pairs of limestone Ionic columns, an electric clock in the pediment, Palladian windows, and iron-railed curved steps with lampposts. A large rear auditorium forms the stem of the T and retains pilasters and a cartouche over the stage. The plan gathered classrooms, offices, a library, an auditorium and a cafeteria under one roof, with many large windows and double-loaded corridors. The school succeeded earlier schools on the site and served as the town's only white elementary and high school from about 1931 to 1951, later becoming an elementary school until 1986. A 1939 city water tower stands behind it. Interior stripping around 1990 left the building unrestored, and rehabilitation as a community center was under way at the time of listing.","period_of_significance":"1930-1949","architect_builder":"Dennis and Dennis, Macon, GA","architectural_style":"Late 19th and Early 20th Century Revivals/Colonial Revival","criteria":["A","C"],"status_note":"Rehabilitation in progress to be a community center; interior walls, ceilings and some flooring were removed around 1990 by a tenant, and the building was cleaned and secured with plywood window covers and a covered roof hole.","vacant_flag":null,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:55:43.505786-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_GA/99000411.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/99000411/3c5c579e3b-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/99000411/3c5c579e3b-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Rivers Langley; SaveRivers","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:West_Point_Public_School;_West_Point,_Georgia.JPG\" rel=\"noopener\">Rivers Langley; SaveRivers</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY-SA 3.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:West_Point_Public_School;_West_Point,_Georgia.JPG"},"district":{"nrhp_refnum":"12000552","name":"Eastside Historic District","url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/districts/georgia/eastside-historic-district-12000552/"},"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/93209771","wikipedia":null,"wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q134465778"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/georgia/troup-county/west-point-public-school-99000411/"}