Former Reidsville High School Explained

Former Reidsville High School
Coordinates:36.3628°N -79.6706°W
Architect:Willard C. Northup
Builder:L.B. Flora
Architecture:Classical Revival, Colonial Revival
Added:January 21, 1994
Refnum:93001540

The former Reidsville High School, also known as Reidsville Junior High School and Reidsville Middle School, is a historic school building located at Reidsville, Rockingham County, North Carolina. It was designed by architect Willard C. Northup and built in 1923. It is a three-story, L-shaped, brick building with a combination ofColonial and Classical Revival stylistic features. A matching one-bay addition was built in 1941. It features a two-story tetrastyle portico of Tuscan order columns and terra cotta trim. It ceased use as a high school in 1960, with the construction of Reidsville High School and the building closed permanently as a school in 1980.[1]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1994.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Laura A. W. Phillips. Reidsville High School, Former. National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory . July 1993 . pdf . North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office . 2015-02-01.