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

school A school is the educational institution (and, in the case of in-person learning, the Educational architecture, building) designed to provide learning environments for the teaching of students, usually under the direction of teachers. Most co ...

building located at Reidsville,

Rockingham County, North Carolina Rockingham County is a County (United States), county located in the U.S. state of North Carolina. As of the 2020 United States census, 2020 census, the population was 91,096. Its county seat is Wentworth, North Carolina, Wentworth. The county ...

. 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 Colonial and

Classical Revival Neoclassicism, also spelled Neo-classicism, emerged as a Western cultural movement in the decorative and visual arts, literature, theatre, music, and architecture that drew inspiration from the art and culture of classical antiquity. Neoclassic ...

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

high school A secondary school, high school, or senior school, is an institution that provides secondary education. Some secondary schools provide both ''lower secondary education'' (ages 11 to 14) and ''upper secondary education'' (ages 14 to 18), i.e., ...

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 Reidsville, North Carolina 1980 disestablishments in North Carolina Brick buildings and structures in North Carolina {{RockinghamCountyNC-NRHP-stub