Kinard House 508 Main St.	Wertz-Ergle House 510 Main St.	William Matthews House 512 Main St.	Old Leesville College College St.	Dr. William Speaks House 127 College St.
George Cottage 705 Main St.	Will Drafts House 501 Main St.	Snelgorve House 104 King St.	Busbee-Oxner House 400 N. Lee St.	Luther Chapel Parsonnage 105 King St.
Wettenberg Evangelical Lutheran Church N. Lee St.	Busbee House Lee St.

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The Leesville College Historic District is historically significant for its association with two early Leesville schools. The district includes the first school in Leesville, the Busbee Brothers’ School, founded in 1878, and three buildings associated with the Leesville English and Classical Institute, founded in 1881, which became Leesville College in 1890. Also included in the district are residences constructed by persons associated with the schools. The district includes twenty-eight residential and institutional properties, in a contiguous neighborhood that is separated by an intervening block of new commercial development from the town’s Main Street commercial core to the south. The district evolved as a residential enclave around the Busbee Brothers’ School and the Leesville English and Classical Institute. Frame construction, weatherboarded, with varying articulations of ornamental trim, is ubiquitous. The houses of the district cover a wide range of Victorian vernacular forms, from modest cottage to elaborate residence, but the scale of the buildings, the materials, the setbacks are consistent. Other stylistic examples include Queen Anne, Gothic Revival, and Neo-Classical. Listed in the National Register July 6, 1982.

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