Walnut Cove Colored School


Walnut Cove Colored School
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Walnut Cove Colored School, August 2013
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Location	Jct. of Brook and Dalton Sts., NW corner, Walnut Cove, North Carolina
Coordinates	36°18′12″N 80°8′39″W / 36.30333°N 80.14417°W / 36.30333; -80.14417Coordinates: 36°18′12″N 80°8′39″W / 36.30333°N 80.14417°W / 36.30333; -80.14417
Area	less than one acre
Built	1921 (1921)
Built by	Rosenwald Fund Plan; Dan River Lumber and Milling Co.
Architectural style	Bungalow/craftsman
NRHP Reference #	95000161^[1]
Added to NRHP	February 24, 1995

Walnut Cove Colored School, also known as London School, is historic Rosenwald School located at Walnut Cove, Stokes County, North Carolina. It was built in 1921, and is a one-story, rectangular frame building with five classrooms and Bungalow / American Craftsman design elements. It has weatherboard siding, a broad clipped gable roof, large sash windows, and a projecting front vestibule. The building measures approximately 49 feet wide by 73 feet deep and rests on a brick foundation. It housed a school until 1952. It was later renovated for use as a senior citizens' community center.^[2]

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1995.^[1]

References

1 2 National Park Service (2010-07-09). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
↑ Laura A. W. Phillips (November 1994). "Walnut Cove Colored School" (pdf). National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory. North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office. Retrieved 2015-05-01.

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