ETOWAH HIGH SCHOOL - MEMORIAL PLAQUE CELEBRATION 2014
HCEHI - Henderson County Education History Initiative
Etowah High School 1928 - 1960
Historic Marker Dedication October 25, 2014
The Memorial Plaque features the names of the "feeder schools," the original one-room schools that many west Henderson County students attended prior to the opening of Etowah High School in 1928: Big Willow, Blantyre, Boylston, Etowah, Hopewell, Horse Shoe, Oak Forest, Pleasant Grove, Rymer (Rhymer), Yale
H C E H I Henderson County Education History Initiative
HISTORIC PRESERVATION ROOM documenting all of Henderson County's historic schools
WEDNESDAY's 9AM - 1PM OPEN TO THE PUBLIC
WHERE: Henderson County Board of Education - 828-697-4733 (former Rosa Edwards School) 414 4th Ave. West, Hendersonville NC, 28739 Preservation Room #201
Includes: Notebooks documenting the history of Etowah High School 1928 - 1960 and 18 school annuals, "The Chief" Archive currently includes: 1938 - 1942, 1947 - 1948, 1950 - 1960 The Chief was not published in these years: 1943 - 1946 WWII, 1949
HCEHI Research Committee: Barbara Case Blain, Jean Wells Huggins & Evelyn Allison Sizemore
Thank you, Harold and Norman Allison, for building the monument to hold the plaque, featuring original bricks from the 1928 school along the capstone and base. Bricks generously provided by members of the Etowah community.
Principal Mike Thorpe. Plaque commemorating 1928 original doorway arch, retained for the new 2002 elementary school.