The structure currently home to Clinton Middle School was built in 1927 as the new Clinton High School. When Anderson County Schools took over operation of Clinton High School from Clinton City Schools in the mid 1920’s, a new CHS was completed here in 1927. In 1956, Judge Robert Taylor issued an order that Clinton High School be desegregated with all “deliberate speed.” On October 5, 1958, Clinton High was rocked by three dynamite blasts, destroying most of the building. After rebuilding, this site was home to CHS until 1969.
