Huntersville Colored High School: Colonial Revival, National Register

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Recorded location: 302 Holbrooks Rd., Huntersville
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Recorded address	302 Holbrooks Rd., Huntersville
Architectural style	Colonial Revival
National Register	ref 09000636, listed 2009-08-20
Research depth	dossier, independently sourced

What we established, and from where

Local Black residents asked the county for schools for children who had passed the seventh grade and wanted to go to high school.
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The county board appropriated $35,300.00 for a new school building and auditorium in Huntersville Township.
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It was the only facility in the county offering African American students a secondary education from its opening in 1937 to its closing.
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The school was renamed Torrence-Lytle High School in honour of Ike Torrence and Franklin Lytle.
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By 1966 the school had 964 students and forty-five teachers.
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Its students were reassigned to racially integrated schools, especially nearby North Mecklenburg High School.
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The National Register nomination is the fullest account of this property that exists, written by a researcher and reviewed by the State Historic Preservation Office. The nomination (National Park Service).

Huntersville Colored High School

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