Simpson Street School
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Simpson Street School
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Simpson Street School, September 2013
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| Location | Simpson & High Sts., Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania |
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| Coordinates | 40°12′39″N 77°00′39″W / 40.21083°N 77.01083°WCoordinates: 40°12′39″N 77°00′39″W / 40.21083°N 77.01083°W |
| Area | 1.9 acres (0.77 ha) |
| Built | 1892 |
| Architect | Smith, J.C.; Lappley, Clayton |
| Architectural style | Late Gothic Revival, Romanesque |
| NRHP Reference # | 83002233 |
| Added to NRHP | February 24, 1983 |
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.
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1983.
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