Gastonia High School
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| Location | S. York St., Gastonia, North Carolina |
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| Coordinates | 35°15′10″N 81°11′19″W / 35.25278°N 81.18861°W |
| Area | 7.9 acres (3.2 ha) |
| Built | 1922-1924 |
| Architect | White, Hugh, Sr. |
| Architectural style | Tudor Revival |
| NRHP reference No. | 83001884[1] |
| Added to NRHP | March 17, 1983 |
Gastonia High School (later renamed Frank L. Ashley High School) is a historic high school building located at Gastonia, Gaston County, North Carolina. It was designed by Hugh Edward White and built in 1922–1924. It is a five-story, heavily ornamented E-shaped Tudor Revival-style red brick school. It has a flat roof with parapet and features a four-bay projecting frontispiece and two-story, elegantly finished, auditorium. It has a six bays long and three bays wide addition built in 1955.[2]
In 1955, the school was renamed Frank L. Ashley High School. Ashley High School's last graduating class was in 1970.[3]
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1983.[1] It is located in the York-Chester Historic District.
