A Rapidly Growing Community & School System
In June 1915 the town bought a five-acre tract of land on the north side of First Street between Pink and Depot Streets for $1,450 from Mr. Joseph Black. A new three-story brick school was erected, housing 19 classrooms for both elementary and high school students and a large auditorium.
With the construction of another brick two-story school building ("Elementary Number 2 School"; later "West School") in 1925 the First Street location became home to Cherryville High School (CHS). In 1927 a modern gymnasium was completed on the school campus.
The Great Depression of 1929 impacted the Cherryville City School System. Early victims were the home economics' department and the public school music teacher position, which were not reinstituted until 1931.
In 1936 a third, large, two-story brick building was constructed on the east portion of the original five-acre tract bought in 1915. The older school (constructed in 1915) became home to the first seven grades as was renamed "Elementary Number 1 School".
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