Highland School (Hickory, North Carolina)

Highland School

Highland School, September 2012
Location 1017 10th Ave. NE., Hickory, North Carolina
Coordinates 35°44′33″N 81°18′59″W / 35.74250°N 81.31639°W / 35.74250; -81.31639Coordinates: 35°44′33″N 81°18′59″W / 35.74250°N 81.31639°W / 35.74250; -81.31639
Area 4.2 acres (1.7 ha)
Built 1921 (1921)
Architect Rink,L.R.; Setzer,Milt
Architectural style Classical Revival
NRHP Reference # 90000824[1]
Added to NRHP June 1, 1990

Highland School, also known as Highland Graded School, is a historic school building located at Hickory, Catawba County, North Carolina. It was built in 1921, and is a two-story, brick building with hipped slate roof in the Classical Revival style. It has a projecting nine-bay central pavilion. A brick "gymtorium"(which has since been torn down) and lunchroom building was built in 1950 and connected by a covered walkway. It has since been converted into the Highland School Apartments.[2]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1990.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 National Park Service (2010-07-09). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
  2. Langdon Edmunds Oppermann (February 1990). "Highland School" (pdf). National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory. North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office. Retrieved 2014-08-01.


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