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Historic school building in North Carolina, United States United States historic place
Library and Laboratory Building-Henderson Institute
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
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Location629 W. Rock Spring St., Henderson, North Carolina
Coordinates36°20′18″N 78°24′0″W / 36.33833°N 78.40000°W / 36.33833; -78.40000
Arealess than one acre
Architectural styleColonial Revival
NRHP reference No.95001399
Added to NRHPNovember 29, 1995

Library and Laboratory Building-Henderson Institute is a historic school building located at Henderson, Vance County, North Carolina. It was built in 1928, and is a plain, two-story brick building with Colonial Revival-style design elements. It is the only surviving reminder of the Henderson Institute that was established in the town of Henderson in Vance County in 1887. The Henderson Institute was established by the Freedmen's Mission Board of the United Presbyterian Church of North America to provide secondary education for African-Americans. The building houses the Henderson Institute Historical Museum.

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1995.

References

  1. ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. Elizabeth Campbell (August 1995). "Library and Laboratory Building-Henderson Institute" (pdf). National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory. North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office. Retrieved 2014-08-01.

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U.S. National Register of Historic Places in North Carolina
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