The former Reidsville High School, also known as Reidsville Junior High School and Reidsville Middle School, is a historic

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building located at Reidsville,

Rockingham County, North Carolina Rockingham County is a county located in the U.S. state of North Carolina. As of the 2020 census, the population was 91,096. Its county seat is Wentworth. The county is known as "North Carolina's North Star." Rockingham County is included in ...

. It was designed by architect Willard C. Northup and built in 1923. It is a three-story, "L"-shaped, brick building with a combination of

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and

Classical Revival Neoclassical architecture is an architectural style produced by the Neoclassical movement that began in the mid-18th century in Italy and France. It became one of the most prominent architectural styles in the Western world. The prevailing style ...

stylistic features. A matching one-bay addition was built in 1941. It features a two-story tetrastyle

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columns and

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trim. It ceased use as a

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in 1960, with the construction of

Reidsville High School Reidsville High School is a public high school located in Reidsville, North Carolina, serving students in the ninth through twelfth grade. It is in the Rockingham County Schools school district. History Reidsville High School was established ...

and the building closed permanently as a school in 1980. It was listed on the

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in 1994.

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High schools in North Carolina School buildings on the National Register of Historic Places in North Carolina Neoclassical architecture in North Carolina Colonial Revival architecture in North Carolina School buildings completed in 1923 Schools in Rockingham County, North Carolina National Register of Historic Places in Rockingham County, North Carolina 1923 establishments in North Carolina {{RockinghamCountyNC-NRHP-stub