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The old Batesburg-Leesville High School opened at this site in 1921 as the first joint project undertaken by the two separate towns. Built for white pupils after the state of S.C. approved the merger of Batesburg and Leesville school systems in 1920, the two-story brick structure was influenced by the Tudor Gothic Revival. In 1936, the WPA used local granite to construct a gym. The school began desegregation in 1965, and the first fully integrated class graduated in 1971. The campus housed Batesburg-Leesville Middle School from 1975 to 1999. The main building was listed in the National Register of Historic Places in 1982 and razed in 2017.
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