Simpson Street School

Simpson Street School is a historic school complex located at Mechanicsburg in Cumberland County, Pennsylvania. The complex consists of a Romanesque Revival style building built in 1892, and two Late Gothic Revival style buildings added in the 1920s. The 1892 building is square in plan, 2 1/2-stories with a raised basement. It is built pressed brick and features three ornate projecting entrances. The addition was built in two phases, in 1926 and 1929. It is two-stories and constructed of yellow brick with brownstone trim. It was used as a high school until 1957, then as a junior high until 1981, when it was sold by the school district.[2]

Simpson Street School
Simpson Street School, September 2013
LocationSimpson & High Sts., Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania
Coordinates40°12′39″N 77°00′39″W
Area1.9 acres (0.77 ha)
Built1892
ArchitectSmith, J.C.; Lappley, Clayton
Architectural styleLate Gothic Revival, Romanesque
NRHP reference No.83002233[1]
Added to NRHPFebruary 24, 1983

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1983.[1]

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