Lenoir High School, Public education institution in Lenoir, North Carolina
Lenoir High School is a two-story Classical Revival brick school complex at Lenoir, North Carolina, designed by Benton & Benton and built in 1922, with cast stone detailing and a 1962 addition. Brick walls connect it to the 1935–1937 band building, and an original stone retaining wall stands on the property. It has served as senior housing since 1989.
The school was established in 1922 to serve the expanding Lenoir community with education services. Over the decades, it grew into a central hub for secondary education and local gatherings.
The building's name recalls Lenoir High School, whose alumni include jazz and classical composer Claude Baker, U.S. senator Jim Broyhill, Supreme Court justice Harry Martin and MLB catcher Rube Walker. Since 1989 the former classrooms have served as senior housing, so the interior is not open to visitors; the 1935–1937 band building and stone retaining wall remain part of the complex.
The building is now a senior housing facility, so the interior is not open to visitors; the 1922 brick facade, the 1935–1937 band building linked by brick walls, and the original stone retaining wall can be seen from the street. The site sits in Lenoir, Caldwell County, North Carolina.
The 1935–1937 band building, linked to the main school by brick walls, survives as a contributing structure, and the property keeps its original stone retaining wall. The complex was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1990, thirteen years after the school closed.
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