Old Batesburg Grade School
Old Batesburg Grade School | |
 Old Batesburg Grade School, August 2012 | |
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| Location | 338 W. Columbia Ave., Batesburg-Leesville, South Carolina |
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| Coordinates | 33°54′23″N 81°32′23″W / 33.9064°N 81.5396°W |
| Area | less than one acre |
| Built | c. 1912, c. 1945 |
| Architectural style | Classical Revival |
| MPS | Batesburg-Leesville MRA |
| NRHP reference No. | 83002201[1] |
| Added to NRHP | May 27, 1983 |
Old Batesburg Grade School, also known as Batesburg Elementary School, is a historic elementary school building located at Batesburg-Leesville, Lexington County, South Carolina. It was built about 1912, and is a two-story, brick Neo-Classical school building with a central tetrastyle portico and flanking pavilions. The central portico has four colossal Tuscan order columns. An auditorium is located at the rear of the building. Wing additions were added about 1945. It was the town's first public school, housing grades 1–11.[2][3]
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1983.[1]
As of 2015, the building was used as the administrative offices of Lexington County School District Three.
See also
[edit]Batesburg and Leesville schools built with the addition of the Rosenwald Fund
References
[edit]- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
- ^ unknown (n.d.). "Old Batesburg Grade School" (PDF). National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory. Retrieved June 15, 2014.
- ^ "Old Batesburg Grade School, Lexington County (306 E. Columbia Ave., Batesburg)". National Register Properties in South Carolina. South Carolina Department of Archives and History. Retrieved June 15, 2014.
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