Asheville High School (formerly Lee H. Edwards High School) in Asheville, North Carolina, United States, is the only secondary school in the Asheville City Schools system. It is located at 419 McDowell Street, in a building designed by Douglas Ellington. Construction of the original building was begun in 1927 and completed in 1929. A modern addition was built in 1970, and in 2006 a new cafeteria was finished. It has been ranked in the top 100 hig...
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Asheville High School (formerly Lee H. Edwards High School) in Asheville, North Carolina, United States, is the only secondary school in the Asheville City Schools system. It is located at 419 McDowell Street, in a building designed by Douglas Ellington. Construction of the original building was begun in 1927 and completed in 1929. A modern addition was built in 1970, and in 2006 a new cafeteria was finished. It has been ranked in the top 100 high schools in the United States by Newsweek Magazine.
The railroad reached Asheville in 1881, and between the 1880 and 1890 censuses the population of the City grew from 2,000 to 10,000. In response to this population influx the City began a Public School System in 1888. The System originally consisted of a high school and three elementary schools. The elementary schools were Orange Street School (site currently occupied by NC DOT offices), Queen Carson Elementary School (corner of Haywood Street and Park Avenue, currently occupied by the City...
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