Historic Preservation Renews an Educational Facility

摘要

The site where Hartwell Elementary School sits holds the entire history of Hartwell, GA's, educational system. "It's a historic site for the school system," says Hart County School System Superintendent Nancy T. Clark, who also happens to chair the Hartwell Historic Preservation Committee. "That's where the old, old school used to sit." The elementary school itself is old. And its age became the center of a debate several years ago: Should the district raze it and build a modern facility, or restore it because of its historic significance to the town and the fact that it and its gymnasium/auditorium building have been listed on the National Register of Historic Places since 1986?