Old Batesburg-Leesville High School

Old Batesburg-Leesville High School
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Old Batesburg-Leesville High School, August 2012
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Location	Columbia Ave at Shealy Rd, Batesburg-Leesville, South Carolina
Coordinates	33°54′41″N81°31′47″W / 33.9114°N 81.5297°W / 33.9114; -81.5297
Area	less than one acre
Built	1920 (1920)
Built by	Scruggs & Ewing; Palmer-Spivey Co.
Architectural style	Tudor Revival
MPS	Batesburg-Leesville MRA
NRHP reference No.	82003893 [1]
Added to NRHP	July 6, 1982

The Old Batesburg-Leesville High School, also called Batesburg-Leesville Middle School, was a historic school building located in Batesburg-Leesville, Lexington County, South Carolina. Built in 1921, the two-story, red brick structure , set on a raised basement, was designed in the Tudor Gothic Revival style. Notable features included a low parapet roof banded in concrete, flanking pavilions, and a Tudor arched entranceway. ^{[2] [3]}

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1982. ^[1]

The building was demolished in August 2017 due to vandalism, asbestos concerns, and plumbing issues.

References

1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
2. unknown (n.d.). "Old Batesburg-Leesville High School" (PDF). National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory. Retrieved June 22, 2014.
3. "Old Batesburg-Leesville High School, Lexington County (Columbia Ave., Leesville)". National Register Properties in South Carolina. South Carolina Department of Archives and History. Retrieved June 22, 2014.