Patterson School Historic District
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Patterson School Historic District | |
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| Location | Along both sides of NC 268 at the jct. with NC 1504, Legerwood, North Carolina |
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| Coordinates | 36°01′17″N 81°31′18″W / 36.02139°N 81.52167°WCoordinates: 36°01′17″N 81°31′18″W / 36.02139°N 81.52167°W |
| Area | 1,695 acres (6.86 km2) |
| Built | 1912, 1918, 1920-1921, 1927, 1945 |
| Architectural style | Colonial Revival, Tudor Revival, et al. |
| NRHP Reference # | 04001386[1] |
| Added to NRHP | December 22, 2004 |
Patterson School Historic District is a historic agricultural and Episcopal mission school complex and national historic district located at Legerwood, Caldwell County, North Carolina. The complex includes 13 contributing buildings, 2 contributing sites, and 3 contributing structures. Notable contributing resources include the Colonial Revival-style Palmyra Hall (1927), Sarah Joyce Lenoir Memorial Library (1922, 1951), Gard Hall (1920-1921), Headmaster's House (1912), Buffalo Creek Dam (pre-1940), Milk House (1945), two Barns (1920s, 1945), North Silo (1920s), Chapel of Rest (1918), Jones-Patterson Cemetery (1856-c. 1981), Hugh A. Dobbin House (c. 1939), and Tudor Revival-style Edgar A. Dobbin House (Greystone) (1930s). In 1994 the Episcopal Diocese of Western North Carolina sold the Patterson School property.[2]
The school was established in 1910 to educate rural boys.[3] The school complex was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2004.[1]
References
- 1 2 National Park Service (2010-07-09). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
- ↑ Laura A. W. Phillips (May 2004). "Patterson School Historic District" (pdf). National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory. North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office. Retrieved 2014-08-01.
- ↑ Federal Writers Project (1939). North Carolina: A Guide to the Old North State. Works Progress Administration. p. 420. ISBN 978-0-403-02182-6.
