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Highland School (Hickory, North Carolina)

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Historic school building in North Carolina, United States

United States historic place
Highland School
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Highland School, September 2012
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Location1017 10th Ave. NE., Hickory, North Carolina
Coordinates35°44′33″N 81°18′59″W / 35.74250°N 81.31639°W / 35.74250; -81.31639
Area4.2 acres (1.7 ha)
Built1921 (1921)
ArchitectRink, L.R.; Setzer, Milt
Architectural styleClassical Revival
NRHP reference No.90000824
Added to NRHPJune 1, 1990

Highland School, also known as Highland Graded School, is a historic school building located at Hickory, Catawba County, North Carolina. It was built in 1921, and is a two-story, brick building with hipped slate roof in the Classical Revival style. It has a projecting nine-bay central pavilion. A brick "gymtorium"(which has since been torn down) and lunchroom building was built in 1950 and connected by a covered walkway. It has since been converted into the Highland School Apartments.

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1990.

References

  1. ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. Langdon Edmunds Oppermann (February 1990). "Highland School" (pdf). National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory. North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office. Retrieved August 1, 2014.
U.S. National Register of Historic Places in North Carolina
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