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Denmark High School, Bamberg County (N. Palmetto Ave., Denmark)
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Right Oblique Left Oblique Left Oblique Detail
1920 Building right,
1932 Gym
left
Left Elevation
1920 Building right
1932 Gym left
Rear Elevation
1932 Gym
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Rear Entrance
1920 Building
Right Elevation Main Entrance
1920 Building
Main Entrance
1948 Addition
Rear Entrance
1932 Gym
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Exposed Rafter Tails
and decorative
Brickwork
Interior
Hallway
Interior
Classroom door,
transom, and moldings
Interior
Classroom
Interior
Office

Built in 1920, Denmark High School is an excellent example of Classical Revival educational architecture. The school was significantly enlarged in 1932 and again in 1948 to include a gymnasium and additional classroom space. The original 1920 building, likely the design of Charles Coker Wilson, is laid in five-to-one American bond pattern, contains a soldier course water table and features as its centerpiece a projecting parapet-gabled entrance pavilion with a double-leaf entrance and a two-tiered arched glass transom and archivolt. Denmark High School closely resembles other examples of Wilsons’ schools of the same period that typically feature cupolas, chevron-patterned and glazed color tile friezes, similar floor plans, functional layouts, and architectural treatment like the features of this school. This school also has a hipped roof that is clad in gray slates and features exposed rafter tails. Denmark High served the educational needs of the town of Denmark from 1920 to 1985. Listed in the National Register March 29, 2001.

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