Old Batesburg Grade School

Old Batesburg Grade School, also known as Batesburg Elementary School, is a historic elementary school building located at Batesburg-Leesville, Lexington County, South Carolina. It was built about 1912, and is a two-story, brick Neo-Classical school building with a central tetrastyle portico and flanking pavilions. The central portico has four colossal Tuscan order columns. An auditorium is located at the rear of the building. Wing additions were added about 1945. It was the town's first public school, housing grades 1–11.[2][3]

Old Batesburg Grade School
Old Batesburg Grade School, August 2012
Old Batesburg Grade School is located in South Carolina
Old Batesburg Grade School
Old Batesburg Grade School is located in the United States
Old Batesburg Grade School
Location338 W. Columbia Ave., Batesburg-Leesville, South Carolina
Coordinates33°54′23″N 81°32′23″W
Arealess than one acre
Builtc. 1912 (1912), c. 1945
Architectural styleClassical Revival
MPSBatesburg-Leesville MRA
NRHP reference No.83002201[1]
Added to NRHPMay 27, 1983

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1983.[1]

As of 2015, the building was used as the administrative offices of Lexington County School District Three.

See also

Batesburg and Leesville schools built with the addition of the Rosenwald Fund

References
  1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. unknown (n.d.). "Old Batesburg Grade School" (PDF). National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory. Retrieved June 15, 2014.
  3. "Old Batesburg Grade School, Lexington County (306 E. Columbia Ave., Batesburg)". National Register Properties in South Carolina. South Carolina Department of Archives and History. Retrieved June 15, 2014.


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