Church Street School (Thomasville, North Carolina)
Appearance
Church Street School | |
![]() Church Street School, September 2012 | |
Location | Jasper St., W of Church St., Thomasville, North Carolina |
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Coordinates | 35°53′21″N 80°5′21″W / 35.88917°N 80.08917°W |
Area | 5.7 acres (2.3 ha) |
Built | 1935 | -1937
Built by | Stewart, R.K. |
Architect | Wallace, William Roy |
Architectural style | Colonial Revival |
NRHP reference No. | 90000355[1] |
Added to NRHP | March 1, 1990 |
Church Street School is a historic school building for African-American students located at Thomasville, Davidson County, North Carolina. It was built in 1935–1937, and is a two-story, T-shaped, Colonial Revival style brick building. A two-story auditorium projects from the rear of the main building. Two-story wings built in 1951 flank the original building. A gymnasium was built the same year. Some funding for school construction was provided by the Public Works Administration.[2]
It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1990.[1]
References
[edit]- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
- ^ William H. Huffman (October 1989). "Church Street School" (pdf). National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory. North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office. Retrieved 2014-10-01.
Categories:
- Historically segregated African-American schools in North Carolina
- Public Works Administration in North Carolina
- School buildings on the National Register of Historic Places in North Carolina
- Colonial Revival architecture in North Carolina
- School buildings completed in 1937
- Buildings and structures in Davidson County, North Carolina
- National Register of Historic Places in Davidson County, North Carolina
- Thomasville, North Carolina
- Piedmont Triad region, North Carolina Registered Historic Place stubs
- Davidson County, North Carolina geography stubs