Lenoir High School
Lenoir High School is a historic high school complex and national historic district located at Lenoir, Caldwell County, North Carolina, United States. 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.
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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. 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 Street Middle School until 1981. The property was vacant for eight years before becoming a senior housing facility in 1989. The school was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1990.
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Key facts
• Name — Lenoir High School • Nrhp Type — hd • Nocat — yes • Location — 100 Willow St. SW, Lenoir, North Carolina • Built — 1922, 1935-1937, 1962 • Architect — Benton & Benton; Clemmer, Robert • Architecture — Classical Revival • Added — August 2, 1990 • Area — 6.5 acre • Ref Num — 90001146
Notable alumni
Notable alumni
• Claude Baker – composer of contemporary classical music • Jim Broyhill – former U.S. representative and senator from the state of North Carolina • Bob Gibbons – high school basketball sports scout • Harry Martin – associate justice of the North Carolina Supreme Court, serving from 1982 to 1992 • Magruder Tuttle – rear admiral in the U.S. Navy • Rube Walker – MLB catcher • Verlon "Rube" Walker – MLB coach with the Chicago Cubs 1961–1970
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- 2.Langdon Edmunds Oppermann. Lenoir High School. National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory. North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office. February 1990.
- 3.Lenoir High School Band - A Brief History. Retrieved Aug 18, 2020.
- 4.Hall of Honor 2005 Inductees. Caldwell County Schools. Retrieved Aug 18, 2020.
- 5.McCann, Gary. (Jan 25, 2015). Gibbons' High Court Opinions. Greensboro News & Record. Retrieved Aug 18, 2020.
- 6.Harry Corpening Martin - obituary. Cherokee One Feather. Retrieved Aug 18, 2020.
- 7.Hall of Honor 2014 Inductees. Caldwell County Schools. Retrieved Aug 18, 2020.
- 8.Rube Walker Stats. Baseball-Reference. Retrieved Aug 19, 2020.
- 9.Miller, Doug. (Sep 24, 2015). Lost and found: The voice of Verlon 'Rube' Walker. mlb.com. Retrieved Aug 19, 2020.
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