Henrietta-Caroleen High School

Henrietta-Caroleen High School, also known as Tri-High, Tri-Community Elementary, and Chase Middle School, is a historic high school building located near Mooresboro, Rutherford County, North Carolina. It was designed by architect Leslie Boney (1880-1964) and built in 1925. It is a two-story on basement, "T"-plan, Classical Revival style red brick building. The front facade features a monumental, two-story, portico with a denticulated pediment supported by fluted Corinthian order columns. A brick gymnasium addition was built in 1935 and a hip-roofed, concrete block, addition to it was added in 1952. Also on the property are the contributing cafeteria building (1955, 1967), and a World War II Commemorative Marker (c. 1950). The building houses Thomas Jefferson Classical Academy, a public charter school.[2]

Henrietta-Caroleen High School
Henrietta-Caroleen High School, July 2013
Henrietta-Caroleen High School is located in North Carolina
Henrietta-Caroleen High School
Henrietta-Caroleen High School is located in the United States
Henrietta-Caroleen High School
Location2527 NC 221A, near Mooresboro, North Carolina
Coordinates35°16′28″N 81°47′48″W / 35.27444°N 81.79667°W / 35.27444; -81.79667
Area5 acres (2.0 ha)
Built1925 (1925), 1935, 1952, 1955, 1967
Built byPalmer-Spivey Construction Co.
ArchitectBoney, Leslie N.
Architectural styleClassical Revival
NRHP reference No.05001451[1]
Added to NRHPDecember 23, 2005

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2005.[1]

References edit

  1. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. ^ Heather Fearnbach (August 2005). "Henrietta-Caroleen High School" (pdf). National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory. North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office. Retrieved 2015-02-01.