C. S. Brown School Auditorium

C. S. Brown School Auditorium
Location Off NC 45, Winton, North Carolina
Coordinates 36°23′6″N 76°56′18″W / 36.38500°N 76.93833°W / 36.38500; -76.93833Coordinates: 36°23′6″N 76°56′18″W / 36.38500°N 76.93833°W / 36.38500; -76.93833
Area 8.5 acres (3.4 ha)
Built 1926 (1926)
Architectural style Colonial Revival
NRHP Reference # 85001657[1]
Added to NRHP July 29, 1985

C. S. Brown School Auditorium, also known as Brown Hall, is a historic school auditorium and national historic district located at Winton, Hertford County, North Carolina. It was built in 1926, and is a one-story stuccoed tile block building in the Colonial Revival style. It consists of a five-bay central pavilion with hip roof and flanking classroom wings. The front facade features a pedimented portico with four original Doric order columns. It is the oldest intact and unaltered building associated with the Calvin Scott Brown School, a school for African-American students founded by Calvin Scott Brown (1859–1936).[2]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1985.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 Staff (2010-07-09). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
  2. Beth Keane (April 2005). "C. S. Brown School Auditorium" (pdf). National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory. North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office. Retrieved 2015-01-01.


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