Monroe Street School

Monroe Street School
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Monroe Street School, September 2012
Location	1100 West Monroe St., Salisbury, North Carolina
Coordinates	35°40′24″N 80°29′6″W / 35.67333°N 80.48500°WCoordinates: 35°40′24″N 80°29′6″W / 35.67333°N 80.48500°W
Area	1.3 acres (0.53 ha)
Built	1923, 1941, 1960
Architectural style	Classical Revival
NRHP Reference #	04000463[1]
Added to NRHP	May 19, 2004

Monroe Street School, also known as J.C. Price High School and S.E. Duncan Education Center of Livingstone College, is a historic school building located at Salisbury, Rowan County, North Carolina. It was built in 1923, and is a three-story, Classical Revival style red brick building. It was damaged by fire in 1941 and rebuilt. A cafeteria addition was completed in 1960. The school originally served as Salisbury’s only African-American public school. It was originally named J. C. Price High School, but the name was changed in 1931 with the construction of another school given that name.^[2]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2003.^[1]

References

1. Staff (2010-07-09). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
2. Mattson, Alexander and Associates, Inc. (December 2003). "Monroe Street School" (pdf). National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory. North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office. Retrieved 2015-02-01.