Old Batesburg-Leesville High School

Old Batesburg-Leesville High School, also known as Batesburg-Leesville Middle School, was a historic high school building located in Batesburg-Leesville, Lexington County, South Carolina. It was built in 1921, and is a two-story, red brick school building on a raised basement in the Tudor Gothic Revival style. It features a low parapet roof banded in concrete, flanking pavilions, and a Tudor arched entranceway.[2][3]

Old Batesburg-Leesville High School
Old Batesburg-Leesville High School, August 2012
LocationColumbia Ave at Shealy Rd, Batesburg-Leesville, South Carolina
Coordinates33°54′41″N 81°31′47″W
Arealess than one acre
Built1920 (1920)
Built byScruggs & Ewing; Palmer-Spivey Co.
Architectural styleTudor Revival
MPSBatesburg-Leesville MRA
NRHP reference No.82003893[1]
Added to NRHPJuly 6, 1982

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1982.[1]

The building was demolished in August 2017 due to vandalism on property, asbestos, and plumbing issues.

References
  1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. unknown (n.d.). "Old Batesburg-Leesville High School" (pdf). National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory. Retrieved June 2014. Check date values in: |accessdate= (help)
  3. "Old Batesburg-Leesville High School, Lexington County (Columbia Ave., Leesville)". National Register Properties in South Carolina. South Carolina Department of Archives and History. Retrieved June 2014. Check date values in: |accessdate= (help)


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