{"nrhp_refnum":"93001540","name":"Reidsville High School, Former","other_names":["Reidsville Junior High School","Reidsville Middle School"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"116 N. Franklin St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Reidsville","county":"Rockingham County","state":"NC","lat":36.362858903000074,"lon":-79.67024865099995,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1994-01-21","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Education","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"The former Reidsville High School is a three-story, L-shaped brick building with terra cotta trim on a rise above North Franklin Street in Reidsville, Rockingham County, North Carolina. It was erected in 1923.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the school reflects the increased concern for public education in Reidsville and North Carolina after World War I and the consolidated school building of the 1920s. It also presents the building as an outstanding example of the design work of Winston-Salem architect Willard C. Northup, with a little-altered monumental Colonial Revival and classical exterior.","narrative":"A three-story brick school with terra cotta trim, erected on a rise above North Franklin Street in Reidsville in 1923. Designed by Winston-Salem architect Willard C. Northup, the L-shaped building combines Colonial Revival and Classical Revival features, including a two-story tetrastyle portico of Tuscan columns, round-arched auditorium windows, and a heavy terra cotta cornice. Its builder was L. B. Flora of Danville. Reidsville voters approved bond issues in 1919 and 1921 to replace crowded schools after World War I, and this school was the centerpiece of that program. It opened on September 10, 1923, with fifteen classrooms, a library, laboratories, and an auditorium. It served as a high school until 1961, then as a junior high and later a middle school until 1980. Its significance rests on its role in 1920s school building in North Carolina and on its well-preserved representation of Northup's work. A 1941 west-end addition matches the original design.","period_of_significance":"1923-1943","architect_builder":"Northup, Willard C. (architect); Flora, L. B. (contractor)","architectural_style":"Classical Revival; Colonial Revival","criteria":["A","C"],"status_note":"Vacant since 1980 after closing as a school; the document notes planned redevelopment into housing for the elderly.","vacant_flag":true,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-haiku-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.1-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 17:11:40.833972-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/19/7220/47722019/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NC/93001540.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/93001540/91422c0cda-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/93001540/91422c0cda-1600.webp","licence":"Public domain","author":"North Carolina. Dept. of Public Instruction","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Reidsville_High_School_1920s.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">North Carolina. Dept. of Public Instruction</a>, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Reidsville_High_School_1920s.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/47722019","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Former_Reidsville_High_School","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q24040065"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/north-carolina/rockingham-county/reidsville-high-school-former-93001540/"}