Union High School / Rocky River Baptist Association
Historic Property
Alternate Name:
Unknown
Street Address:
202 Union High Dr.;(Anderson County)
Site Number:
1171
Control Number:
U/07/1171
Date Surveyed:
May 21 2002
Category:
Building
Construction Date:
circa 1910 – 1930
Alteration Date:
1990s
Historic Use:
Education
Current Use:
Unknown
Historic Core Shape:
Rectangular
Number of Stories:
2
Construction Method:
frame
Exterior Walls Materials:
Brick
Foundation Materials:
Not Visible
Roof Shape:
hip
Roof Materials:
composition shingle
Porch Width:
façade
Porch Shape:
hip
National Register Determination:
not eligible
Signficant Architectural Features:
The building the a large four-square shape with exposed rafter tails along the roofline. There is a side entrance on the NE façade.
Alterations:
The windows and main entry have been replaced. No chimneys are extant.
Historical Information:
Dr. Harrison Watkins, a member of the Rocky River Baptist Association, founded Union School for black students in 1880. This building served as a classroom and dormitory for Union High School, which was open from 1917 to 1937, and was built on a property that included 23 acres and an elementary school. Enrollment in the school exceeded two hundred students from Anderson, Greenville, Belton and its surrounding area. The school closed after the main building burned in the late 1930s. Restoration work to the building was completed in the early 1990s. The building also served as the headquarters for the Rocky River Baptist Association.
Source of Historical Information:
Plaque in front of building, dedicated in 1991; Gwendolyn Elease Anderson, "Profiles of Black Folks in Anderson County," Spartanburg: The Reprint Co., 1993.
Quadrangle Name:
Belton West