| Dennis High School | |
| Location: | 410 W. Cedar Ln., Bishopville, South Carolina |
| Coordinates: | 34.2242°N -80.2485°W |
| Architect: | Edgeworth and McBride |
| Builder: | E.C.B. Construction Company |
| Architecture: | Classical Revival |
| Added: | January 26, 2005 |
| Refnum: | 04001565 |
Dennis High School, also known as Dennis Elementary School and Dennis Primary School, is a historic high school building for African-American students located at Bishopville, Lee County, South Carolina. White students attended Bishopville High School, three blocks away. Although the law provided for a separate but equal education, $71,000 was allocated to build Bishopville for the whites while only Dennis was built for $17,000. The expenditures for student at BHS were $48.38 per student, but only $5.68 for each Black student at Dennis. When Dennis High School later burned down, the Black students were just made to double up with the elementary students for 12 years.[1] Dennis was the only school in the county for black students, and no public bus service was provided until 1952.[2]
The original L-shaped building is a one-story, load-bearing red brick Colonial Revival style structure that rests on a masonry foundation. Recessed symmetrical wings flank the main block. A third wing, which gave the building its original L-shape, houses the auditorium. A single classroom addition was built in 1954.[3] [4]
It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2005.