The complex consists of the East Suffolk Elementary School (1926–1927), East Suffolk High School (1938–1939), and the Gymnasium building (1951).

The East Suffolk High School is a Colonial Revival style, one-story brick building with a double-loaded corridor plan, and eight classrooms.

The Gymnasium is a concrete block building with applied 5-course American bond brick veneer.

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2003.

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