Guest, Sign inJoin

Post to Union

We’ll email a one-tap link to publish your post. No password, and nothing is public until you click it.
Already a member? Sign in
No photo yetHave one, old or new? Add it to Union’s story.Add a photo
National Register of Historic Places

Sims High School

Also known as Sims Junior High School

On the National Register since 20233 years
Listed 2023Union
DirectionsAdd an old photo

Many listed buildings are private homes. Please enjoy them from the street.

About

About Sims High School

Sims High School, at 200 Sims Dr., was added to the National Register of Historic Places on Sep 20, 2023. The Register lists it for its education and ethnic heritage-black, at the local level. The listing covers 20 acres.

What it isFormer segregated African American high school (1927–1970). From Wikidata (CC0). Read about it on Wikipedia ↗

Through the years

1927 to today

  1. 1927Built
  2. 2023Added to the National Register of Historic Places
  3. 2026On the Register for 3 years
Visit

Finding Sims High School

200 Sims Dr., Union

Directions

No other Register listing is within a short walk. The nearest are under Around it.

Around it

19 more Register listings within 2 miles

★ National Historic Landmark · D district · B building · S site. Each opens its own page.

BEpiscopal Church of the NativityGothic Revival0.6 miDSouth Street-South Church Street Historic District (Boundary Increase)Queen Anne1 miDEast Main Street-Douglass Heights Historic DistrictLate 19th and Early 20th Century Revivals1 miDSouth Street-South Church Street Historic DistrictGothic Revival1.1 miBUnion High School-Main Street Grammar SchoolClassical Revival1.1 miBUnion Community HospitalClassical Revival · Built 19151.2 miDUnion Downtown Historic District (Boundary Increase)Two-Part Commercial Block1.2 miBFair Forest HotelBuilding1.2 miDUnion Downtown Historic DistrictLate 19th and Early 20th Century Revivals1.2 miBClinton Chapel AME Zion ChurchBuilt 18941.3 miBUnion County JailBuilding1.3 miBCorinth Baptist ChurchLate Gothic Revival1.3 miBCentral Graded SchoolRichardsonian Romanesque1.3 miBJudge Thomas Dawkins HouseBuilding1.3 miBMeng HouseGreek Revival1.4 miBCulp HouseGeorgian1.4 miBMerridunGeorgian1.7 miBGov. Thomas B. Jeter HouseVictorian1.7 mi
Show the other 1
BHerndon TerraceGreek Revival1.9 mi

Memories of Sims High School

The record says what it is. Neighbors know what it means.

Town Square →
Weigh in
Have you been to Sims High School?

Your answer becomes a post in Town Square.

Start a conversation
Have an old photo of it?Add it · +10

Questions about Sims High School

Is Sims High School on the National Register of Historic Places?

Yes. It was added on Sep 20, 2023 (Register number 100009382).

Is Sims High School a National Historic Landmark?

No. It is on the National Register; South Carolina has 73 National Historic Landmarks.

Can you visit Sims High School?

Our record doesn’t say whether it is open to visitors. Many listed buildings are private, so it may only be seen from the street.

Sources: National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places (05/22/2026) · Wikidata. Map tiles © OpenStreetMap contributors.