{"nrhp_refnum":"05001451","name":"Henrietta-Caroleen High School","other_names":["Tri-High","Tri-Community Elementary","Chase Middle School","Thomas Jefferson Classical Academy"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"2527 NC 221A","address_restricted":false,"city":"Mooresboro","county":"Rutherford County","state":"NC","lat":35.274466164000046,"lon":-81.79653247499994,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"2005-12-23","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Education","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A two-story brick Classical Revival school building completed in 1925 between the mill villages of Henrietta and Caroleen in southeastern Rutherford County, North Carolina, with a mailing address of Mooresboro. It sits with a cafeteria, a classroom annex, a trailer and a World War II memorial on a five-acre nominated parcel.","why_significant":"The school is argued to be locally significant for its part in the statewide school consolidation movement, which replaced modest frame schools with large brick buildings. It is also a distinctive Classical Revival school in Rutherford County, designed by Wilmington architect Leslie N. Boney Sr. and built by Palmer-Spivey Construction Company. It is one of three surviving county high schools from 1924-1925.","narrative":"Henrietta-Caroleen High School, opened on September 8, 1925, is a T-plan, flat-roofed brick school in Rutherford County, North Carolina, built between the mill villages of Henrietta and Caroleen. A monumental two-story portico with fluted Corinthian columns and a denticulated pediment marks its Classical Revival façade. Terra cotta cornice details and cast-stone trim add to the design. Architect Leslie N. Boney Sr. of Wilmington drew the plans, and the Palmer-Spivey Construction Company of Charlotte built it. A 1924 bond of $150,000 paid for the project. The school reflects the 1920s consolidation movement, when counties replaced small frame schoolhouses with larger brick buildings. A gymnasium was added in 1935 and a cafeteria in 1955. The campus also includes a memorial planting and marker for sixteen graduates who died in World War II. The building later served as Tri-Community Elementary and Chase Middle School. It now houses a public charter school.","period_of_significance":"1925-1955","architect_builder":"Boney, Leslie N., Sr. - Architect; Palmer-Spivey Construction Company - Builder","architectural_style":"Classical Revival","criteria":["A","C"],"status_note":"Houses the Thomas Jefferson Classical Academy, a public charter school, which took over the property in 1999. The original boiler is abandoned.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:57:53.812305-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/95/7221/47722195/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NC/05001451.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/05001451/ef5a66a916-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/05001451/ef5a66a916-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Upstateherd","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Former_Henrietta-Caroleen_High_School.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Upstateherd</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY-SA 3.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Former_Henrietta-Caroleen_High_School.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/47722195","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henrietta-Caroleen_High_School","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q19868087"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/north-carolina/rutherford-county/henrietta-caroleen-high-school-05001451/"}