Church Street School (Thomasville, North Carolina)

Church Street School
Church Street School, September 2012
LocationJasper St., W of Church St., Thomasville, North Carolina
Coordinates35°53′21″N 80°5′21″W / 35.88917°N 80.08917°W / 35.88917; -80.08917
Area5.7 acres (2.3 ha)
Built1935 (1935)-1937
Built byStewart, R.K.
ArchitectWallace, William Roy
Architectural styleColonial Revival
NRHP reference No.90000355[1]
Added to NRHPMarch 1, 1990

Church Street School is a historic school building for African-American students located at Thomasville, Davidson County, North Carolina. It was built in 1935–1937, and is a two-story, T-shaped, Colonial Revival-style brick building. A two-story auditorium projects from the rear of the main building. Two-story wings built in 1951 flank the original building. A gymnasium was built the same year. Some funding for school construction was provided by the Public Works Administration.[2]

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1990.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. ^ William H. Huffman (October 1989). "Church Street School" (pdf). National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory. North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office. Retrieved October 1, 2014.