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Yancey Collegiate Institute Historic District
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
U.S. Historic district
Yancey County Library, June 2013
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Location	School Cir. and Green Mountain Dr., Burnsville, North Carolina
Coordinates	35°55′18″N 82°17′39″W / 35.92167°N 82.29417°W / 35.92167; -82.29417
Area	3.2 acres (1.3 ha)
Built	1914 (1914)
Architectural style	Classical Revival, Colonial Revival, et al.
NRHP reference No.	03000799
Added to NRHP	August 21, 2003

Yancey Collegiate Institute Historic District is a historic school complex and national historic district located at Burnsville, Yancey County, North Carolina. The district encompasses seven contributing buildings, one contributing structure, and one contributing object built between 1914 and 1955. Contributing resources include the Brown Dormitory for Boys (1914), (Former) Burnsville High School Gymnasium (Parkway Playhouse, 1933, 1947, 1955), an outdoor amphitheater (1950-1952), the Classical Revival style (Second) Administration Building for Yancey Collegiate Institute (1919, 1922), Gymnasium (c. 1946), former Burnsville High School built by the Works Progress Administration (1939) and a stone retaining wall (c. 1950). The Yancey Collegiate Institute (YCI) was established in 1901 and sponsored by the Baptist church. The YCI educated students until 1926, when the facilities were sold to the Yancey County Board of Education.

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

References

1. ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
2. Clay Griffith (June 2003). "Yancey Collegiate Institute Historic District" (pdf). National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory. North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office. Retrieved July 1, 2015.

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