Carthage High School History

<body topmargin=0 leftmargin=0 marginheight=0 marginwidth=0> <table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0 height="100%"><tr> <td valign="top" width=200 BGCOLOR="#996633" TEXT="#080000" bgproperties="fixed" background="171c8c00ddvuxr.jpg"> <bR> </td> <td valign="top" BGCOLOR="#996633" TEXT="#080000"> <div> <FONT SIZE="6" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >Carthage High School History<B>   </B></FONT><A HREF="http://www.jaspercountyschools.org/" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.jaspercountyschools.org/"><U><B>home</B></U></A><B>   </B><A HREF="id23.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Carthage"><U><B>Carthage School</B></U></A><B>   </B><A HREF="id26.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Carthage High School"><U><B>Carthage High School</B></U></A></div> <div> In 1904 a new building was built to replace the 1870 Central school building.  The first</div> <div> classes were held there in 1905.  </div> <bR> <div> The building has been expanded many times, notably in 1951 when a new gymnasium</div> <div> was added on the south, replacing the 1889 Central building, also known as the Manual</div> <div> Arts building.   The new addition to the high school was dedicated on December 2, 1951.</div> <bR> <div> In 1956 the wooden stairways and dark hallways were replaced with concrete stairways</div> <div> and bright, colorful corridors.  Some of the improvments were: brightly painted hallways,</div> <div> acoustical ceiling tiles, tile flooring and new lockers.  Offices received a face-lift with new </div> <div> plaster, paint and acoustical ceiling tiles.  The $53,679 remodeling project was the first </div> <div> extensive work undertaken on the building since its construction in 1904.</div> <bR> <div> 1966, addition to the east was made.</div> <bR> <div> 1979, learning resource center for entire public school system, plus additional CHS</div> <div> gymnasium were added on the west side of Main Street directly opposite the entrance</div> <div> to the high school.</div> <bR> <div> In 1988 a new ground level auditorium was added on the north to replace a third-floor</div> <div> auditorium.  </div> </td> </tr></table></body>