{"nrhp_refnum":"99000555","name":"Jones County High School","other_names":["Gray High School"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"Clinton St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Gray","county":"Jones County","state":"GA","lat":33.00736176700008,"lon":-83.53845984799995,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1999-05-12","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture","Other","Education","Politics/Government"],"significance_levels":["state"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"Jones County High School is a one-story brick Colonial Revival school building on Clinton Street in Gray, Jones County, Georgia, built in 1936 with Public Works Administration funds and designed by architect Ellamae Ellis League.","why_significant":"The nomination argues it is the first consolidated white school in Jones County built with partial Public Works Administration funding, and an excellent intact example of an H-plan New Deal school from Georgia's school consolidation era. It is also significant for its design by Ellamae Ellis League, described as the most prominent woman architect in Georgia.","narrative":"Jones County High School is a one-story, brick-veneered Colonial Revival building on Clinton Street in Gray, Georgia. Completed in 1936, it was designed by Macon architect Ellamae Ellis League and built by Stillwell Construction Company with a mix of local money and Public Works Administration funds. Its H-plan core includes a rear auditorium seating about 600, and features include a projecting pavilion with quoins, a hipped roof with arched dormers, and an arched entrance with decorative woodwork. It was Jones County's first consolidated high school for white students and the largest federally funded public works project in Gray. League became a registered architect in 1929 and was later named a Fellow of the American Institute of Architects. The school served until 1990, when a new high school opened and demolition was considered. The local Chamber of Commerce took ownership in 1992 and proposed restoring the building for offices and community use.","period_of_significance":"1936","architect_builder":"Ellamae Ellis League (1899-1991); contract awarded to Stillwell Construction Company of Macon","architectural_style":"Late 19th and 20th Century Revivals/Colonial Revival","criteria":["A","C"],"status_note":"The school was abandoned in 1990 when a new high school opened. It was deeded to the Jones County/Gray Chamber of Commerce in 1992, and current function is listed as work in progress, with an adaptive use plan for chamber offices and community meeting space.","vacant_flag":null,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:55:42.721591-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_GA/99000555.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/99000555/fc81baa594-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/99000555/fc81baa594-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Bubba73","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Jones_County_High_School,_Gray,_GA,_US_(02).jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Bubba73</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:Jones_County_High_School,_Gray,_GA,_US_(02).jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/93208753","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jones_County_High_School","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q29641859"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/georgia/jones-county/jones-county-high-school-99000555/"}