Henrietta-Caroleen High School, also known as Tri-High, Tri-Community Elementary, and Chase Middle School, is a historic

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building located near Mooresboro,

Rutherford County, North Carolina Rutherford County is a county in the southwestern area of the U.S. state of North Carolina. As of the 2020 census, the population was 64,444. Its county seat is Rutherfordton. Rutherford County comprises the Forest City, NC Micropolitan St ...

. It was designed by architect

Leslie Boney Leslie N. Boney Sr. (1880–1964) was an American architect who focused on schools. He designed approximately 1,000 schools or additions to schools, and his works appear in 51 of North Carolina's 100 counties. He partnered with William J. Wilki ...

(1880-1964) and built in 1925. It is a two-story on basement, "T"-plan,

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style red brick building. The front facade features a monumental, two-story,

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with a denticulated pediment supported by fluted

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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

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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

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in 2005.

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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 School buildings completed in 1925 Buildings and structures in Rutherford County, North Carolina National Register of Historic Places in Rutherford County, North Carolina 1925 establishments in North Carolina {{RutherfordCountyNC-NRHP-stub