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Catawba High
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In the early days of Catawba
County, only the nearby common
schools were available to Catawba children. By 1890,
however, the Catawba Academy was started for higher learning.
It later took the name Catawba High School and then years later
after Bunker Hill High School was built, it became Catawba
Elementary School for grades K to 8. |
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Catawba High School
/ Catawba Elementary School |
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This photo of the
students at Catawba High School in 1930 includes a 15-year-old
Daisy Pearl Loftin |
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The school as she appeared in 1988 |
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[I, the Webmaster, attended the school from 1959 to 1968 when it
was Catawba Elementary School. The following blueprints of
the layout of the building are to the best of my memory
approximately 50 years later.] |
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1st Floor
(Ground Level) |
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2nd Floor |
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Basement |
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Catawba Baptist Church (left), Catawba Elementary/High School
(center)
and Gymnasium with red double doors (right) |
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(Left) The main student entrance to the school
(Right) Side view of the old school |
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Catawba Baptist Church purchased the school property and
buildings which included the old school, the cafeteria, the
gymnasium and the auditorium. To provide additional
parking for the church, the school was burned by the Catawba
Fire Department in 1988. |
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These photos of the school Cafeteria (left)
and Auditorium (right) were taken 14 Dec 2006. The Baptist
Church now owns the old Cafeteria and Auditorium. It is still used as a
voting precinct by the town of Catawba. The school
gymnasium used to stand between the two building, but is no
longer there. The
old school was burned in 1988 to provide needed parking for
the Baptist Church. |
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SOURCES |
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Many of the photos of the
school are courtesy of the Town of Catawba Historical Museum |
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Blueprints of the school
courtesy of Curtis Loftin |
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If you have additional photos of Catawba
Elementary/High School, please contact me. |
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