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 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.
Notable alumni
- Crash Davis – MLB second baseman[4]
- Whitey Lockman – MLB first baseman and outfielder, coach, manager and front office executive[5]
- Dave Robbins – college basketball head coach, member of the College Basketball Hall of Fame[6]
References
- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
- ^ Mary Alice Dixon Hinson; Tony L. Gray; Jerry Cross (n.d.). "Gastonia High School" (pdf). National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory. North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office. Retrieved November 1, 2014.
- ^ Ellis, Kevin. (May 7, 2017). Overheard at Ashley High's 60-year reunion. Gaston Gazette. Retrieved April 19, 2025.
- ^ Crash Davis MLB Baseball Stats. thebaseballcube.com. Retrieved April 19, 2025.
- ^ Whitey Lockman MLB Baseball Stats. thebaseballcube.com. Retrieved April 19, 2025.
- ^ London, Mike. (January 30, 2022). Catawba grad Dave Robbins gets the call to the Hall. salisburypost.com. Retrieved April 19, 2025./
