Old Batesburg Grade School, also known as Batesburg Elementary School, is a historic

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building located at

Batesburg-Leesville Batesburg-Leesville is a town located in Lexington and Saluda counties, South Carolina, United States. The town's population was 5,362 as of the 2010 census and an estimated 5,415 in 2019. History The town of Batesburg-Leesville was formed in ...

Lexington County, South Carolina Lexington County is a county located in the U.S. state of South Carolina. As of the 2020 census, the population was 293,991, and the 2021 population estimate was 300,137. Its county seat and largest town is Lexington. The county was chartered ...

. It was built about 1912, and is a two-story, brick Neo-Classical school building with a central tetrastyle

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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. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1983. As of 2015, the building was used as the administrative offices of Lexington County School District Three.

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School buildings on the National Register of Historic Places in South Carolina Neoclassical architecture in South Carolina School buildings completed in 1912 Schools in Lexington County, South Carolina National Register of Historic Places in Lexington County, South Carolina 1912 establishments in South Carolina {{LexingtonCountySC-NRHP-stub

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