Roanoke Rapids High School
{{short description|Historic school building in North Carolina, United States}}
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|name = Roanoke Rapids High School|
image = RR High School.jpg|
|established = {{start date and age|1921|p=1}}
|type = Public
|principal = Tom Davis
|ceeb = 343315
|address = 800 Hamilton Street
|city = Roanoke Rapids, North Carolina
|zipcode = 27870
|country = United States
|enrollment = 819 (2023-2024){{cite web|url=https://nces.ed.gov/ccd/schoolsearch/school_detail.asp?Search=1&DistrictID=3703900&ID=370390001564|title=Roanoke Rapids High School|publisher=National Center for Education Statistics|accessdate=December 26, 2024}}
|district = Roanoke Rapids Graded School District
|mascot = Yellow Jacket
|colors = Black and yellow
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|homepage = {{URL|rrgsd.org/o/rrhs}}
{{Infobox NRHP
| name = Roanoke Rapids Junior-Senior High School
| embed = yes
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| location = 800 Hamilton St., Roanoke Rapids, North Carolina
| coordinates = {{coord|36|27|32|N|77|39|15|W|display=inline,title}}
| locmapin = North Carolina#USA
| built = {{Start date|1921}}
| architect = Upjohn, Hobart Brown; Et al.
| architecture = Tudor Revival
| added = December 29, 1988
| area = {{convert|1.6|acre}}
| refnum = 88003081{{NRISref|version=2010a}}
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Roanoke Rapids High School is a public high school in Roanoke Rapids, North Carolina.
Building history
Roanoke Rapids High School opened in 1921. It was the brainchild of local industrialist Samuel Paterson and was intended to be the centerpiece of the entire Roanoke Rapids community. The school was designed by Hobart Upjohn and cost ten times the average high school building in the state. It is in the Tudor Revival or Gothic style and draws qualities of the Universities of Cambridge and Oxford in the United Kingdom. It is a {{frac|3|1|2}}-story, nine-bay, T-shaped building with a combination flat-top and slate gable roof and a projecting, crenellated entrance tower.{{cite web|url=http://www.rrhsalum.org/history.htm |title=A Brief History of Roanoke Rapids High School |work=Roanoke Rapids High School Alumni & Friends Association |accessdate=2006-12-07 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20070929130519/http://www.rrhsalum.org/history.htm |archivedate=September 29, 2007 }}{{Cite web | author=Lauren-Brook Taves and Maurice C. York| title=Roanoke Rapids Junior-Senior High School| work = National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory | date =August 1988| url = https://files.nc.gov/ncdcr/nr/HX0547.pdf | publisher = North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office | accessdate = 2014-11-01}} It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1988.
Athletics
The school's colors are black and gold. Its mascot is the Yellow Jacket. The school uses a logo similar to that of Georgia Tech. The Yellow Jackets were the Class B, Baseball State Champions in 1932 and 1935.{{cite web |url=http://www.nchsaa.org/page.php?mode=privateview&pageID=124 |title=Baseball State Champions |accessdate=2010-02-26 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110718210445/http://www.nchsaa.org/page.php?mode=privateview&pageID=124 |archivedate=2011-07-18 }}{{cite web | url=http://www.nchsaa.org/page.php?mode=privateview&pageID=124 | title=North Carolina High School Baseball State Champions | work=North Carolina High School Athletic Association | accessdate=2010-02-26 | url-status=dead | archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110718210445/http://www.nchsaa.org/page.php?mode=privateview&pageID=124 | archivedate=2011-07-18 }} Roanoke Rapids High School competes in the North Carolina High School Athletic Association in the 2A class. They have football, baseball, softball, swimming, wrestling, volleyball, track and field, cross country, soccer, basketball, tennis, golf, and cheerleading programs.
Notable alumni
- Brian Barnes, MLB pitcher[http://www.thebaseballcube.com/players/profile.asp?ID=8483 Brian Barnes - The Baseball Cube]. The Baseball Cube. Retrieved September 30, 2019.
- Nazair Jones, NFL defensive tackle
- Meredith Kinleigh, Christian pop musician
- Kareem Martin, NFL defensive end
- Tom Topping, college football player and All-American selection while at Duke, member of Duke Sports Hall of Fame[https://www.rrspin.com/sports/other-sports/1767-2019-rrhs-hall-of-fame-photos.html RRSpin - 2019 RRHS Hall of Fame]. rrspin.com. Retrieved September 30, 2019.
References
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External links
- [http://www.rrgsd.org/rrhs/default.aspx Roanoke Rapids High School] page at the [http://www.rrgsd.org Roanoke Rapids Graded School District] site
- [http://www.rrhsalum.com/history.htm Roanoke Rapids High School Alumni and Friends]
- [https://www.lib.ncsu.edu/findingaids/mc00417 Guide to the Hobart Upjohn Architectural Drawings of the Roanoke Rapids Senior High School 1920-1938]
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Category:Public high schools in North Carolina
Category:Schools in Halifax County, North Carolina
Category:School buildings on the National Register of Historic Places in North Carolina
Category:Tudor Revival architecture in North Carolina
Category:School buildings completed in 1921
Category:National Register of Historic Places in Halifax County, North Carolina