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Historic school building in North Carolina, United States United States historic place
Princeville School
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
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LocationUS 258, 0.3 mi. E of NC 64, Princeville, North Carolina
Coordinates35°53′24″N 77°31′37″W / 35.89000°N 77.52694°W / 35.89000; -77.52694
Area1.4 acres (0.57 ha)
Built1935 (1935)-1940
Architectural stylecraftsman influenced
NRHP reference No.00001615
Added to NRHPJanuary 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.

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2001.

References

  1. ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. Penne Smith; Ellen Turco & 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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