Princeville School | |
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| Location | US 258, 0.3 mi. E of NC 64, Princeville, North Carolina |
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| Coordinates | 35°53′24″N 77°31′37″W / 35.89000°N 77.52694°W |
| Area | 1.4 acres (0.57 ha) |
| Built | 1935-1940 |
| Architectural style | craftsman influenced |
| NRHP reference No. | 00001615[1] |
| Added to NRHP | January 9, 2001 |
Princeville School, also known as Princeville Graded Colored School, is a historic school for African-American students located at Princeville, Edgecombe County, North Carolina. It was built between 1935 and 1940, and is a one-story weatherboarded building, eleven bays wide and two rooms deep, with a recessed front-gable center entrance. It sits on a high brick pier foundation and has a hipped roof. The school closed in 1960, and the building served as Princeville's town hall from 1960 until 1999.[2]
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2001.[1]
References
- 1 2 "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
- ↑ Penne Smith; Ellen Turco & Michelle Kullen (August 2000). "Princeville School" (pdf). National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory. North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office. Retrieved 2014-11-01.
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