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CityViewNC.com | 15 Fayetteville History is sponsored by Sandhills Oral Surgery & Implant Dentistry Dr. Gary Jones YOU Imagine YOU Here Dr. James Turonis Dr. Josh Berridge Dr. Mac Worley FOUR DENTAL SPECIALISTS COMMITTED TO PUTTING YOU FIRST! YOUR DENTAL SURGICAL SPECIALISTS f l 910.483.9216 1295 Oliver Street Fayetteville, NC 28304 www.sandhillsoralsurgery.com increasing the enrollment of students including professionals, amateurs, special students, and children as young as 6. e first Seventy-First School building was constructed around 1897 and stood near the present site of the brick Seventy- First High School building at 6830 Raeford Road. is tiny schoolhouse has been preserved for posterity and is now located behind the old brick Seventy-First High School building. e first Massey Hill School was a frame building near what is now the Massey Hill Classical School. is wooden building was on a little hill where a Baptist Church stands across from the present school. In 1913, e Fayetteville Graded School was moved from the Seminary Building on Hay Street to the new Central School building on Burgess Street across from the Fayetteville Independent Light Infantry Armory. Central School then became the first Fayetteville High School. e high school remained in the Burgess Street building from 1913-1924. During that time a commercial department and a home economics department were added. e first yearbook, e LaFamac, was published in 1922. In 1924, the high school was moved to another building on McGilvary Street, and Central School became an elementary school. On May 6, 1924, the Alexander Graham building on McGilvary Street, where the Cumberland County Health department now stands, was dedicated and became the new home of Fayetteville High School. In 1940, the new Fayetteville Senior High School was completed on Robeson Street at the present site of the Highsmith-Rainey Memorial Hospital just one block from the foot of Haymount Hill. Later, a gymnasium was added to the le of the building, and a large auditorium was added on the right. In 1949, a classroom wing was added to the west side of the structure. In 1952, the Fayetteville High School Band, directed by Harvey Bosell, was accompanied by 10 lovely majorettes who We hope you enjoy this recurring feature by history buff Weeks Parker, who owns an impressive collection of local memorabilia and photos that he has agreed to share with CityView readers. A former Presbyterian Junior College Band Director, Parker is the author of 12 books on a variety of subjects including "Fayetteville, North Carolina: A Pictorial History." performed in parades and at football games throughout the state. In 1954, a new FHS building was erected on Fort Bragg Road. In 1955, the first class graduated from that building. From 1954 through 1969, this building was known as Fayetteville High School. In the fall of 1969, Fayetteville High School became Terry Sanford High School in honor of the former governor of North Carolina.

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