Old Batesburg-Leesville High School
Appearance
Old Batesburg-Leesville High School | |
Location | Columbia Ave at Shealy Rd, Batesburg-Leesville, South Carolina |
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Coordinates | 33°54′41″N 81°31′47″W / 33.9114°N 81.5297°W |
Area | less than one acre |
Built | 1920 |
Built by | Scruggs & Ewing; Palmer-Spivey Co. |
Architectural style | Tudor Revival |
MPS | Batesburg-Leesville MRA |
NRHP reference No. | 82003893[1] |
Added to NRHP | July 6, 1982 |
Old Batesburg-Leesville High School, also known as Batesburg-Leesville Middle School, was an historic high school building located in Batesburg-Leesville, Lexington County, South Carolina. It was built in 1921, and is a two-story, red brick school building on a raised basement in the Tudor Gothic Revival style. It features a low parapet roof banded in concrete, flanking pavilions, and a Tudor arched entranceway.[2][3]
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1982.[1]
The building was demolished in August 2017 due to vandalism on property, asbestos, and plumbing issues.
References
- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
- ^ unknown (n.d.). "Old Batesburg-Leesville High School" (PDF). National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory. Retrieved June 22, 2014.
- ^ "Old Batesburg-Leesville High School, Lexington County (Columbia Ave., Leesville)". National Register Properties in South Carolina. South Carolina Department of Archives and History. Retrieved June 22, 2014.
Categories:
- School buildings on the National Register of Historic Places in South Carolina
- Tudor Revival architecture in South Carolina
- School buildings completed in 1921
- Schools in Lexington County, South Carolina
- National Register of Historic Places in Lexington County, South Carolina
- Buildings and structures demolished in 2017
- Demolished buildings and structures in South Carolina
- 1921 establishments in South Carolina
- Midlands South Carolina Registered Historic Place stubs