Baskin High School Building
Baskin High School Building | |
Formerly listed on the U.S. National Register of Historic Places | |
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| Location | Along LA 857, Baskin, Louisiana |
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| Coordinates | 32°15′42″N 91°44′41″W / 32.26178°N 91.7448°W |
| Area | 1 acre (0.40 ha) |
| Built | 1925 |
| NRHP reference No. | 81000295[1] |
| Significant dates | |
| Added to NRHP | October 7, 1981 |
| Removed from NRHP | March 13, 2024 |
Baskin High School Building was a historic school building located along Louisiana Highway 857 in Baskin, Louisiana. When it was an active school, it was operated by the Franklin Parish School Board.
History[edit]
Built in 1925–26, its facility was a two-story brick building with 11 bays along its front facade. It has a two-story auditorium extending to the rear.[2][3]
It was deemed "significant in the area of architecture as Baskin's most pretentious and monumental structure." Since its construction it has been a community focal point.[2][3]
The school moved into a different building in 1977.[4] The 1926 building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places as "Baskin High School Building" on October 7, 1981.[1]
The school district and the Louisiana Trust for Historical Preservation (LTHP) agreed in 2009 that if repairs were done to the school, then it would not be demolished.[5] LTHP spent $31,000 in order to fix the building's roof.[6]
The district moved to have the school demolished when the agreement expired on August 10, 2019.[6] The school was razed in July 2021,[7] and its listing was removed from the National Register in 2024.[8]
See also[edit]
References[edit]
- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. November 2, 2013.
- ^ a b "Baskin High School" (PDF). State of Louisiana's Division of Historic Preservation. Archived from the original (PDF) on May 24, 2018. Retrieved May 23, 2018. with two photos and two maps Archived 2018-05-23 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ a b Baskin Woman's Club (June 1981). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Baskin High School Building". National Park Service. Retrieved December 19, 2017. With four photos from 1980.
- ^ "History of Baskin School". Baskin Handbook 2021-2022 (PDF). Baskin School. p. 8 (PDF p. 5/20). Retrieved February 4, 2024.
- ^ Robinson, Perry (September 6, 2019). "National Registered Historic high school set to be torn down". KNOE-TV. Retrieved February 4, 2024.
- ^ a b Robinson, Perry (September 20, 2019). "Baskin residents fight to stop demolition of historical building". KNOE-TV. Retrieved February 5, 2024.
- ^ "Announcing the 2022 Louisiana Preservation Awards". Louisiana Trust for Historic Preservation. Retrieved February 4, 2024.
- ^ "WEEKLY LIST OF ACTIONS TAKEN ON PROPERTIES: 3/8/2024 THROUGH 3/15/2024". National Park Service. Retrieved March 19, 2024.
External links[edit]
| External videos | |
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 Franklin Parish School board calls off demolition of Old Baskin High School. KTVE. October 17, 2019. | |
| Baskin High School Demolition. KTVE. September 4, 2019. | |
| Baskin High School | Endangered Sites | Lost Louisiana (2005) - Louisiana Public Broadcasting, uploaded June 17, 2001 |
- Curtis, Joe (July 28, 2021). "Baskin School demolished as group runs out of saving options". Franklin Sun.
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