13-15 Chesterfield High School
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NCDaywalker
N 34° 44.134 W 080° 05.653
17S E 582921 N 3844092
History lesson of the great emphasis and value placed on education plays in this community. Schools have been an important part of the life of Chesterfield, SC for many years.
Waymark Code: WMXP5D
Location: South Carolina, United States
Date Posted: 02/06/2018
Views: 4
Marker text:
13-15
CHESTERFIELD HIGH SCHOOL
Chesterfield High School, which stood here from 1908 to 1992, was the successor to Chesterfield Academy, an antebellum school burned by Federal troops in 1865. A new academy, built in 1889, later became Chesterfield School. By 1907 it has three teachers and many students in grades 1-11 that a new school was necessary. The 1908 school, designed by E.V. Richards, was a two-story Classical Revival building.
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Sponsored by the Town of Chesterfield 2014
CHESTERFIELD HIGH SCHOOL
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Enrollment grew after 1908, requiring additions in 1918 and 1923 and remodeling in 1950s. A gymnasium was built by the Works Progress Administration in 1934-39. Grade 12 was added in 1948. A new Chesterfield High School on N. Page St. was built in 1969 for students from Chesterfield, Ruby, and Gary in grades 10-12. The old school her, a junior high school until 1981, burned in 1992; the gymnasium burned in 2004.
Sponsored by the Town of Chesterfield, 2014
Marker Name: CHESTERFIELD HIGH SCHOOL
Marker Location: City
Type of Marker: Building
Marker number: 13 15
County: Chesterfield
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