Fuquay Springs High School, also known as Fuquay-Varina Middle School, is a historic

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located at Fuquay-Varina,

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. It was built about 1925, and is a two-story, rectangular, flat-roofed, red brick,

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style building. It has a one-story rear auditorium wing. The school was connected by an open breezeway to a

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building built about 1948. In the early 2000s the campus underwent a renovation and addition by the Wake County Public School System which consisted in converting the existing 1925 building into an administration hall along with a few classrooms. The 1948 construction was demolished along with a few other buildings. The renovation took place to address the issue of students having to go outside to switch classes, so the buildings on the north end of the campus with the exception of the gym was demolished. The new construction ties the rest of the buildings from the north end of the campus to the south end opening in 2003. The 1925 building was listed on the

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in 2002.

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High schools in North Carolina School buildings on the National Register of Historic Places in North Carolina Colonial Revival architecture in North Carolina School buildings completed in 1925 High schools in Wake County, North Carolina National Register of Historic Places in Wake County, North Carolina 1925 establishments in North Carolina {{WakeCountyNC-NRHP-stub