Edgewood School

National Register Listing

Street Address:

200 Edgewood Street, Ninety Six, SC (Greenwood County)

Alternate Name:

Ninety Six Middle School, Edgewood Middle School

---

NRHP Nomination

Record Number:

S10817724024

Description and Narrative:

Situated on a 12.55-acre campus, Edgewood School is comprised of the original equalization school built in 1956 and a one-story, two-room, science wing addition built in 1993. The original building, designed by architect John M. Lambert, Jr., typifies equalization school architecture that incorporated modern, efficient, building materials like masonry, cast concrete, steel, and glass into a style that emphasized horizontality and austerity of ornamentation. Edgewood School is locally significant as the only public school for Black students in Ninety Six from its construction in 1956 through its transition into an integrated middle school in 1970. Edgewood School is also significant as the only school in Ninety Six with a clearly documented connection to the state’s mid-century school equalization program, a massive statewide building campaign aimed at “equalizing” white and Black schools in order to thwart legal challenges to segregation. The school is also locally significant for its architecture as an especially intact example of the Modern design influences that characterized the equalization program. Listed in the National Register December 30, 2024.

Period of Significance:

1956 – 1970

Level of Significance:

Local

Area of Significance:

Education;Ethnic Heritage: Black;Architecture

National Register Determination:

listed

Date of Certification:

December 30 2024

---