FAST FACTS* The building was constructed 50 years ago as Rossville High School.* Rossville High and Chattanooga Valley High were combined in 1989 to form Ridgeland High School.* The property has a 124,000-square-foot building with a cafeteria, auditorium and a separate metal building on more than seven acres.* It sold at auction in November for $77,000.
ROSSVILLE — Randy Bohanon said he’s been approached by everyone from alumni groups to bluegrass pickers about using the old Rossville Middle School, but he can’t have any events there until he patches a few leaks and finishes his paperwork.
Mr. Bohanon and his brother, Donald, bought the 124,000-square-foot building and its seven surrounding acres for $77,000 in November. The building off of Flegal Avenue housed Rossville High School and then Rossville Middle School before its students were moved to Bryan Street.
Most of the people who call him want to use the auditorium, said Mr. Bohanon, a 1972 graduate of the high school. “That’s what they’re after.”
His current plan calls for renting the 551-seat auditorium out for community events such as concerts and plays. He will try to rent out the classrooms as office space, but he said Friday he also would put locks on the doors and rent them out for storage.