Princeville School

Princeville School
Location US 258, 0.3 mi. E of NC 64, Princeville, North Carolina
Coordinates 35°53′24″N 77°31′37″W / 35.89000°N 77.52694°W / 35.89000; -77.52694Coordinates: 35°53′24″N 77°31′37″W / 35.89000°N 77.52694°W / 35.89000; -77.52694
Area 1.4 acres (0.57 ha)
Built 1935 (1935)-1940
Architectural style craftsman influenced
NRHP Reference # 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. 1 2 Staff (2010-07-09). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
  2. Penne Smith, Ellen Turco, and 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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