Jarvisburg Colored School

Jarvisburg Colored School
Location 7301 NC 158, Jarvisburg, North Carolina
Coordinates 36°11′11″N 75°51′54″W / 36.18639°N 75.86500°W / 36.18639; -75.86500Coordinates: 36°11′11″N 75°51′54″W / 36.18639°N 75.86500°W / 36.18639; -75.86500
Area less than one acre
Built 1911 (1911)
Built by Barrett and Thomson; Ferebee, James Brown
Architectural style Queen Anne
NRHP Reference # 09001104[1]
Added to NRHP December 11, 2009

Jarvisburg Colored School is a historic school building for African-American students located at Jarvisburg, Currituck County, North Carolina. It was built about 1911, and is a two-story, frame building with Queen Anne style design elements. It has a gable roof and features a pyramidal roofed bell tower with the original four foot wooden spire. It last housed a school in 1950.[2]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2009.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 Staff (2010-07-09). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
  2. Penne Smith Sandbeck (September 2009). "Jarvisburg Colored School" (pdf). National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory. North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office. Retrieved 2014-10-01.

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