Grays Consolidated High School
( Front text )
This school, built in 1927 and
rebuilt in 1931, was one of many
constructed in the late 1920s, as
small rural one- or two-room schools
were consolidated into elementary or
high schools in towns and cities.
Built on land donated by Robert L.
Robinson, it included grades 1-11
until grade 12 was added in 1948-49.
( Reverse text )
This school, designed by Columbia
architect James Hagood Sams (1872-
1935), was burned by an arsonist in
1929. It was rebuilt according to
Sams's plans in 1931, at a cost of
$14,000. The Grays Consolidated High
School closed in the early 1970s.
It was listed in the National Register
of Historic Places in 2007.
Marker is on Grays Hwy (US278), on the left when traveling north.
Courtesy hmdb.org
