Randleman Graded School, also known as Randleman High School and Shaw Furniture Industries Showroom, is a historic school building located at Randleman, Randolph County, North Carolina. It was built in 1906, and is a two-story brick building, five-bays wide and three bays deep, with a low-hipped roof and flanking hip-roofed two-bay wings added in 1926. The building is Romanesque Revival influenced and features a projecting entrance pavilion with a massive Richardsonian Romanesque-influenced arch. In 1937, an extension to the east wing was added. The building housed a school until 1960, then a furniture showroom until 2000.[2]
Randleman Graded School | |
 Randleman Graded School (c. 1908) | |
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| Location | 130 W. Academy St., Randleman, North Carolina |
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| Coordinates | 35°49′6″N 79°48′22″W / 35.81833°N 79.80611°W |
| Area | 2.2 acres (0.89 ha) |
| Built | 1906, 1926, 1937 |
| Built by | Henley, Mr. |
| Architectural style | Late 19th And 20th Century Revivals |
| NRHP reference No. | 05000326[1] |
| Added to NRHP | April 20, 2005 |
It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2005.[1]
References
edit- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
- ^ Jeffrey S. Smith and Susannah Franklin Buss (February 2004). "Randleman Graded School" (pdf). National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory. North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office. Retrieved 2015-02-01.