Snow Hill Colored High School

Snow Hill Colored High School
Location 602A W. Harper St., Snow Hill, North Carolina
Coordinates 35°26′58″N 77°40′22″W / 35.44944°N 77.67278°W / 35.44944; -77.67278Coordinates: 35°26′58″N 77°40′22″W / 35.44944°N 77.67278°W / 35.44944; -77.67278
Area 5.6 acres (2.3 ha)
Built 1925 (1925), c. 1935
Architectural style Rosenwald School
NRHP Reference # 03000853[1]
Added to NRHP August 28, 2003

Snow Hill Colored High School, also known as Greene County Colored Training School and Rosenwald Center for Cultural Enrichment, is a historic Rosenwald School building located at Snow Hill, Greene County, North Carolina. It was built in 1925, and is a one-story, seven bay, "H"-shaped brick building. A six classroom addition was built about 1935. Also on the property are the contributing Mary M. Battle Monument (c. 1925) and baseball field (c. 1935, c. 1950). The Snow Hill Colored High School is one of five schools that were constructed using Rosenwald funds in Greene County, including the Zachariah School.[2]

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

References

  1. 1 2 Staff (2010-07-09). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
  2. Nancy Van Dolsen (April 2003). "Snow Hill Colored High School" (pdf). National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory. North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office. Retrieved 2014-11-01.

JoAnn Artis Stevens - Rosenwald Center for Cultural Enrichment,Inc.


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