Lenoir High School

Historic school building in North Carolina, United States

United States historic place


Lenoir High School
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
U.S. Historic district


35°54′41″N 81°32′37″W / 35.91139°N 81.54361°W / 35.91139; -81.54361
Area	6.5 acres (2.6 ha)
Built	1922 (1922), 1935-1937, 1962
Architect	Benton & Benton; Clemmer, Robert
Architectural style	Classical Revival
NRHP reference No.	90001146^[1]
Added to NRHP	August 2, 1990

Lenoir High School is a historic high school complex and national historic district located at Lenoir, Caldwell County, North Carolina. It was designed by the architectural firm Benton & Benton and built in 1922. It is a two-story, Classical Revival-style brick school with cast stone detailing. An addition was made in 1962. Connected to the main building by brick walls is the contributing 1935–1937 band building with additions. The property also has an original stone retaining wall. Lenoir High School closed its doors in 1977, when it merged with Gamewell-Collettsville High School and moved across town to form West Caldwell High School. The Lenoir High School building was then Willow St Middle School until 1981. The property was vacant for eight years before becoming a senior housing facility in 1989.^[2]

The school was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1990.^[1]

Notable alumni

Claude Baker – composer of contemporary classical music^[3]
Jim Broyhill – former U.S. Representative and Senator from the state of North Carolina^[4]
Bob Gibbons – high school basketball sports scout^[5]
Harry Martin – Associate Justice of the North Carolina Supreme Court, serving from 1982 to 1992^[6]
Magruder Tuttle – real admiral in the U.S. Navy^[7]
Rube Walker – MLB catcher^[8]
Verlon "Rube" Walker – MLB coach with the Chicago Cubs from 1961 to 1970^[9]

References

^ ^a ^b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
^ Langdon Edmunds Oppermann (February 1990). "Lenoir High School" (pdf). National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory. North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office. Retrieved August 1, 2014.
^ Lenoir High School Band - A Brief History. Retrieved Aug 18, 2020.
^ Hall of Honor 2005 Inductees. Caldwell County Schools. Retrieved Aug 18, 2020.
^ McCann, Gary. (Jan 25, 2015). Gibbons' High Court Opinions. Greensboro News & Record. Retrieved Aug 18, 2020.
^ Harry Corpening Martin - obituary. Cherokee One Feather. Retrieved Aug 18, 2020.
^ Hall of Honor 2014 Inductees. Caldwell County Schools. Retrieved Aug 18, 2020.
^ Rube Walker Stats. Baseball-Reference. Retrieved Aug 19, 2020.
^ Miller, Doug. (Sep 24, 2015). Lost and found: The voice of Verlon 'Rube' Walker. mlb.com. Retrieved Aug 19, 2020.