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Murphey School
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Murphey School, March 2007
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Location	3729 Murphy School Rd., near Hillsborough, North Carolina
Coordinates	36°1′44″N 79°0′54″W / 36.02889°N 79.01500°W / 36.02889; -79.01500
Area	7 acres (2.8 ha)
Built	1923 (1923), 1939, 1959
Architect	Linthicum, Henri C.; et al.
Architectural style	Classical Revival, Bungalow/craftsman
NRHP reference No.	09000637
Added to NRHP	August 20, 2009

Murphey School is a historic school complex located near Hillsborough, Orange County, North Carolina. The Murphey School was built in 1923, and is a one-story, Spanish Revival style brick building with a hip-on-hip roof covered in pressed metal shingles resembling terra cotta tiles. The front facade features a projecting central hip roof front entrance. Attached to the school is a one-story neoclassical style auditorium addition built in 1936 with a Doric order portico. Also on the property is a contributing 1+1⁄2-story bungalow style teacherage (c. 1923), well house (c. 1932), and water tower (c. 1936).

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2009.

The Murphey School Auditorium is the current home of Burning Coal Theatre Company.

References

1. ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
2. Megan Privett (November 2008). "Murphey School" (pdf). National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory. North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office. Retrieved 2015-02-01.

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