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Springfield High School, Orangeburg County (Brodie St., Springfield)
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High School
Main Entrance
High School
Right Elevation
High School
Right Rear
Oblique
High School
Left Rear
Oblique
Elementary School
entrance from
High School
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High School
Interior
2nd Floor
Graded School
Annex
Left Oblique
Graded School
Annex
Rear Elevation
Gymnasium
Left Oblique
Gymnasium
Rear Elevation

The Springfield High School, built 1929 and associated buildings are significant for their association with the history of education in Orangeburg County and South Carolina. Three structures in the complex are contributing, while two are non-contributing. In the early twentieth century, rural school districts in the state struggled to maintain a large number of buildings with limited funds. While the power to run the state’s education system at the time rested primarily with the counties, the state made some efforts to encourage counties to consolidate their school facilities for more efficient management and improved education. Springfield High School was one of the many schools built between 1910 and 1930 as part of this consolidation movement. The buildings also reflects secondary educational architecture that flourished in South Carolina after the 1910 School Building Act when the state required improved design standards for new schools. The high school is also significant as an excellent example of the work of Columbia architect James B. Urquhart, who along with his firm became well known throughout South Carolina during the early twentieth century as school designers. Construction of this two-story, brick high school building began in 1928 by local contractor J.T. Dabbs. Featuring baroque-like massing with its projecting central and end pavilions, the building’s entrance consists of a triple-arcaded porch or loggia, accented with cast stone bases, capitals, and keyed arches. Listed in the National Register March 29, 2001.

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