Henrietta-Caroleen High School

Henrietta-Caroleen High School
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Henrietta-Caroleen High School, July 2013
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Location	2527 NC 221A, near Mooresboro, North Carolina
Coordinates	35°16′28″N 81°47′48″W
Area	5 acres (2.0 ha)
Built	1925 (1925), 1935, 1952, 1955, 1967
Built by	Palmer-Spivey Construction Co.
Architect	Boney, Leslie N.
Architectural style	Classical Revival
NRHP reference No.	05001451[1]
Added to NRHP	December 23, 2005

Henrietta-Caroleen High School, also known as Tri-High, Tri-Community Elementary, and Chase Middle School, is a historic high school building located near Mooresboro, Rutherford County, North Carolina. It was designed by architect Leslie Boney (1880-1964) and built in 1925. It is a two-story on basement, "T"-plan, Classical Revival-style red brick building. The front facade features a monumental, two-story, portico with a denticulated pediment supported by fluted Corinthian order columns. A brick gymnasium addition was built in 1935 and a hip-roofed, concrete block, addition to it was added in 1952. Also on the property are the contributing cafeteria building (1955, 1967), and a World War II Commemorative Marker (c. 1950). The building houses Thomas Jefferson Classical Academy, a public charter school.[2]

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2005.[1]

References

1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
2. Heather Fearnbach (August 2005). "Henrietta-Caroleen High School" (pdf). National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory. North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office. Retrieved 2015-02-01.