Summit Hill High School

The story

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Summit Hill High School is a Renaissance-style school building at 124 W. Hazard St. in Summit Hill, Carbon County, built in 1911. It has an H-shaped plan under a hipped roof.

Why it's listed

It was listed under criteria A and C, with local significance in Education and Architecture; its period of significance runs from 1911, when it was built, to 1950.

Physical character

Terra cotta ornament covers the entry portals, a sign panel, a water table, cartouches and Flemish gables, above a stone foundation. Inside, terrazzo flooring, Carrara marble vestibule floors, a vaulted tin ceiling and a proscenium arch survive from the school. The original terra cotta tile roof was replaced with asphalt in the 1960s, when two staircases were removed for a metal stair. Basement windows were lengthened and given window wells around the 1920s, and a 1997 renovation converted the building to apartments while restoring its windows and doors.

Historical context

Summit Hill was incorporated as a borough in 1889, and Pennsylvania adopted its Code of 1911 school legislation the year the high school was built. The high school closed in 1964, then sat neglected and weathered until 1997, when it was renovated into low and moderate income apartments.