Poynor Junior High School

National Register Listing

Street Address:

301 S. Dargan St., Florence, SC (Florence County)

Alternate Name:

Central Graded School; Florence Junior High School

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NRHP Nomination

Record Number:

S10817721011

Description and Narrative:

(Central Graded School; Florence Junior High School) Poynor Junior High School is a two-story brick Georgian Revival school building constructed in 1906-1908. J.F. Ong of Columbia, South Carolina constructed the building according to plans by W.J. Wilkins, who revised original plans by Charles Coker Wilson. The school features a central tetrastyle colossal Ionic portico. The main block of the building has six bays on either side of the portico with four-bay pavilions at each end of the main block. The building has a full brick basement and a stepped parapet above the Ionic entablature that is carried around the entire building. The brickwork is common bond with every sixth course bonding. The mortar is colored red. The pedimented portico has four unfluted Ionic columns and two pilaster responds with Attic bases and Scamozzi capitals. The columns are built of stuccoed brick. Poynor Junior High School has been significant in the lives of Florence citizens as a center of community activity throughout its career. In 1910, a banquet for President William Howard Taft was held at the school. The buildings, grounds, and auditorium were in high demand for recitals, concerts, meetings, lectures, tournaments, fundraisers, and extracurricular classes. Listed in the National Register May 19, 1983.

Period of Significance:

1906 – 1908

Level of Significance:

Local

Area of Significance:

Education;Other

National Register Determination:

listed

Date of Certification:

May 19 1983

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