Randleman Graded School

Randleman Graded School, also known as Randleman High School and Shaw Furniture Industries Showroom, is a historic school building located at Randleman, Randolph County, North Carolina. It was built in 1906, and is a two-story brick building, five-bays wide and three bays deep, with a low-hipped roof and flanking hip-roofed two-bay wings added in 1926. The building is Romanesque Revival influenced and features a projecting entrance pavilion with a massive Richardsonian Romanesque-influenced arch. In 1937, an extension to the east wing was added. The building housed a school until 1960, then a furniture showroom until 2000.[2]

Randleman Graded School
Randleman Graded School (c. 1908)
Randleman Graded School is located in North Carolina
Randleman Graded School
Randleman Graded School is located in the United States
Randleman Graded School
Location130 W. Academy St., Randleman, North Carolina
Coordinates35°49′6″N 79°48′22″W / 35.81833°N 79.80611°W / 35.81833; -79.80611
Area2.2 acres (0.89 ha)
Built1906 (1906), 1926, 1937
Built byHenley, Mr.
Architectural styleLate 19th And 20th Century Revivals
NRHP reference No.05000326[1]
Added to NRHPApril 20, 2005

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2005.[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. ^ Jeffrey S. Smith and Susannah Franklin Buss (February 2004). "Randleman Graded School" (pdf). National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory. North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office. Retrieved 2015-02-01.