Patterson School Historic District

Patterson School Historic District
LocationAlong both sides of NC 268 at the jct. with NC 1504, Legerwood, North Carolina
Coordinates36°01′17″N 81°31′18″W / 36.02139°N 81.52167°W / 36.02139; -81.52167
Area1,695 acres (6.86 km2)
Built1912 (1912), 1918, 1920-1921, 1927, 1945
Architectural styleColonial Revival, Tudor Revival, et al.
NRHP reference No.04001386[1]
Added to NRHPDecember 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. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. ^ 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 August 1, 2014.
  3. ^ Federal Writers Project (1939). North Carolina: A Guide to the Old North State. Works Progress Administration. p. 420. ISBN 978-0-403-02182-6. {{cite book}}: ISBN / Date incompatibility (help)