Tryon Elementary celebrates 100th Anniversary

 Tryon Elementary will celebrate 100 years on February 27, 2022. The school has changed over the years from its beginning as a high school. An elementary building was added in 1939. Gaston County school consolidation in the late 1960s made the school elementary only.

Guerrero, B. (2022, February 24). Tryon Elementary celebrates a century in the education system. Gaston Gazette. Retrieved February 25, 2022, from https://www.gastongazette.com/story/news/2022/02/23/tryon-elementary-bessemer-city-celebrates-century-educating-students/6848245001/

Tryon High School started construction in 1921 on land donated by the Marcus Beam family. The High School students initially attended Sunnyside Elementary for the first part of the 1921/1922 school year, then later transferred to the completed building. The first principal of the new high school was H. M. Loy, while the first graduating class had only three students: Mardecia Eaker, Beulah Carpenter, and Geneva Kiser. (Gaston County's educational heritage: [centennial pageant], 1857-1957. [Gastonia, NC ]: Gaston County unit of N.C.E.A. ([1957]. Image 83, 84)

 

 

Brian Brown, Librarian, Local History & Genealogy