Sam Bailey Building

The Sam Bailey Building, formerly the Sam Bailey Male Institute, is a historic school building in Griffin, Georgia. It was constructed in 1870 and is the oldest public school building in Griffin. Originally a private school, it became a public school in August 1873 before becoming private again in 1877. Eight years later it became public again.^[2] It was built for the Griffin Male Institute and was named for Sam Wesley Bailey, a banker and landowner who came to Griffin after the American Civil War and helped fund the school. A two-story brick structure with Italianate details, it is part of the Griffin High School and is connected to other buildings via covered walkways.^[2]

Sam Bailey Building
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
The building in 2018
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Location	E. Poplar and 4th Sts., Griffin, Georgia
Coordinates	33°14′47″N 84°15′35″W
Area	less than one acre
Built	1870 (1870)
Built by	Jonathan Gilman Drake
Architectural style	Italianate
NRHP reference No.	73002144[1]
Added to NRHP	March 20, 1973

The school building was constructed by Jonathan Drake, a major building firm in Griffin. It is located at the corner of East Poplar Street and 4th Street. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places In 1973.^[1][3]

See also

• National Register of Historic Places listings in Spalding County, Georgia