Henrietta-Caroleen High School
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Henrietta-Caroleen High School, July 2013
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Location | 2527 NC 221A, near Mooresboro, North Carolina |
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Coordinates | 35°16′28″N 81°47′48″W / 35.27444°N 81.79667°WCoordinates: 35°16′28″N 81°47′48″W / 35.27444°N 81.79667°W |
Area | 5 acres (2.0 ha) |
Built | 1925 | , 1935, 1952, 1955, 1967
Built by | Palmer-Spivey Construction Co. |
Architect | Boney, Leslie N. |
Architectural style | Classical Revival |
NRHP reference # | 05001451 |
Added to NRHP | December 23, 2005 |
Henrietta-Caroleen High School, also known as Tri-High, Tri-Community Elementary, and Chase Middle School, is a historic high school building located near Mooresboro, Rutherford County, North Carolina. It was designed by noted architect Leslie Boney (1880-1964) and built in 1925. It is a two-story on basement, "T"-plan, Classical Revival style red brick building. The front facade features a monumental, two-story, portico with a denticulated pediment supported by fluted Corinthian order columns. A brick gymnasium addition was built in 1935 and a hip-roofed, concrete block, addition to it was added in 1952. Also on the property are the contributing cafeteria building (1955, 1967), and a World War II Commemorative Marker (c. 1950). The building houses Thomas Jefferson Classical Academy, a public charter school.
It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2005.