John D. Bassett High School

John D. Bassett High School
Location VA 57, Bassett, Virginia
Coordinates 36°45′44″N 79°59′47″W / 36.7621°N 79.9964°W / 36.7621; -79.9964Coordinates: 36°45′44″N 79°59′47″W / 36.7621°N 79.9964°W / 36.7621; -79.9964
Area 4 acres (1.6 ha)
Built 1947 (1947)-1948
Architect Dixon and Norman
Architectural style Colonial Revival
NRHP Reference # 05001587[1]
VLR # 044-5169
Significant dates
Added to NRHP February 3, 2006
Designated VLR December 7, 2005[2]

John D. Bassett High School, also known as Bassett Middle School, is a historic school building located at Bassett, Henry County, Virginia. It was built in 1947–1948, and is a two-story Georgian Revival style brick school building. A rear addition was built in 1961. It has three bay portico entrances at each end with cupolas above. They provide public access to the two community spaces on the interior – the auditorium at one end and the gymnasium at the other. The building features a hip roof with slate shingles, gabled dormers and octagonal cupolas; and Flemish-bond variant brickwork with corner quoins and a water table. It was replaced by the Bassett High School, and continued to operate as a middle school. The school closed in 2004.[3]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2006.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 National Park Service (2010-07-09). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
  2. "Virginia Landmarks Register". Virginia Department of Historic Resources. Retrieved 5 June 2013.
  3. Alison Stone Blanton (July 2005). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: John D. Bassett High School" (PDF). Virginia Department of Historic Resources. and Accompanying four photos


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