{"nrhp_refnum":"05001595","name":"Leesburg High School","other_names":["Lee County High School"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"100 Starkville Ave.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Leesburg","county":"Lee County","state":"GA","lat":31.73191261100004,"lon":-84.16739493499995,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"2006-02-01","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture","Education"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A school complex at 100 Starkville Ave. in downtown Leesburg, Lee County, Georgia, centered on a two-story red-brick high school built about 1922 and designed by Dennis and Dennis of Macon, with five other brick buildings added through 1964.","why_significant":"The main building is an intact local example of the consolidated 'main' school buildings erected in Georgia after World War I, keeping its original form, floor plan, entry portico and auditorium. It also reflects local and state developments in public education, including the 1947 consolidation of the county's two white high schools here. The complex is described as significant at the local level.","narrative":"Leesburg High School is a complex of brick school buildings in downtown Leesburg, Georgia, anchored by a two-story high school built around 1922. Dennis and Dennis of Macon were the architects, and Ivey P. Crutchfield was listed as contractor. The main building has a red-brick exterior, a columned entry portico with a recessed vestibule and a scalloped pediment, and a rear auditorium. Inside, a central hall serves classrooms on each floor, and original wood floors, stairway handrails, school bells, built-in cabinets and theater seating survive. Later buildings include a 1931 vocational classroom building, a 1938 gymnasium built with New Deal funding, a 1942 cafeteria and a 1956 music building. The school was one of two white high schools in the county, and in 1947 the two were consolidated here as Lee County High School. It is valued as an intact local example of Georgia's post-World War I consolidated schools and for its role in the county's educational history. The period of significance runs from 1922 to 1956.","period_of_significance":"1922-1956","architect_builder":"Dennis and Dennis of Macon, GA, architects; Ivey P. Crutchfield, contractor (as listed on the cornerstone)","architectural_style":"Late 19th and 20th Century Revivals/Colonial Revival/Georgian Revival","criteria":["A","C"],"status_note":"Some buildings are vacant; the 1922 building is listed as work in progress, the 1938 gym is used for recreation, and the 1964 media center has government office use.","vacant_flag":null,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:55:43.349031-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_GA/05001595.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/05001595/08e056df93-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/05001595/08e056df93-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Michael Rivera","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Lee_County_High_School_front,_Leesburg.JPG\" rel=\"noopener\">Michael Rivera</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:Lee_County_High_School_front,_Leesburg.JPG"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/93208784","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leesburg_High_School_(Leesburg,_Georgia)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q16966252"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/georgia/lee-county/leesburg-high-school-05001595/"}