A real live bricks and mortar El Pinche Pirata del Fuego Memorial Institute, Religiously Contrarian Preparatory Academy, and Home for Wayward Women ?

It could be a thing.

For just $25,000, my vision of an EPPdFMIRCPAaHfWW could be a reality!
Over 50,000 sq.ft. of all things El Pinche Pirata

http://www.presnc.org/properties/arlington-school/


Erected in 1922 and expanded in 1944 and 1949, the Arlington School is a substantial, two story red brick Neo-Classical building housing a gymnasium, cafeteria, kitchen, auditorium and classrooms. It was originally built to serve several mill villages of the Arlington, Gray, Parkdale, and Mutual cotton mills in west Gastonia. There were thirteen schools in the Gastonia system in 1930 and now only Central School, Gastonia High School (both restored and used) and Arlington School survive.

Of these survivors only the Arlington School was associated with the cotton mills and villages that were instrumental to the development of Gastonia. The building will need a new roof immediately and a full rehabilitation. Uses could easily include apartments, mixed use commercial, an agricultural center, institutional, college satellite space, arts and crafts related studios and businesses.

The school is currently on the Study List for the National Register of Historic Places which would make it eligible for federal tax credits. The school is priced far below the $890,000 tax value .
The school is only 1.5 miles from downtown Gastonia; less than a mile from the Loray Mill project; 18 miles from the Charlotte Douglas International Airport; and 27 miles to downtown Charlotte.
Gastonia has been named an All American City and is experiencing a positive influx of growth and attention associated with Charlotte’s burgeoning economy.