Gastonia High School

{{short description|Historic school building in North Carolina, United States}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=August 2023}}

{{Infobox NRHP

| name = Gastonia High School

| nrhp_type = cp

| nocat = yes

| image = Former Gastonia High School Now Ashley Arms Apartments.jpg

| caption =

| location = S. York St., Gastonia, North Carolina

| coordinates = {{coord|35|15|10|N|81|11|19|W|display=inline,title}}

| locmapin = North Carolina#USA

| built = {{Start date|1922}}-1924

| architect = White, Hugh, Sr.

| architecture = Tudor Revival

| added = March 17, 1983

| area = {{convert|7.9|acre}}

| refnum = 83001884{{NRISref|version=2010a}}

}}

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.{{Cite web |author1=Mary Alice Dixon Hinson |author2=Tony L. Gray |author3=Jerry Cross | title=Gastonia High School| work = National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory | date =n.d.| url = https://files.nc.gov/ncdcr/nr/GS0014.pdf | format = pdf | publisher = North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office | accessdate = 2014-11-01}} In 1955, the school was renamed Frank L. Ashley High School. Ashley High School's last graduating class was in 1970.Ellis, Kevin. (May 7, 2017). [https://www.gastongazette.com/story/news/2017/05/08/overheard-at-ashley-highs-60-year-reunion/21097906007/ Overheard at Ashley High's 60-year reunion]. Gaston Gazette. Retrieved April 19, 2025.

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1983. It is located in the York-Chester Historic District.