McCray School
McCray School | |
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| Location | NW side of NC 62, S of jct. with SR 1757, near Burlington, North Carolina |
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| Coordinates | 36°10′49″N 79°22′48″W / 36.18028°N 79.38000°WCoordinates: 36°10′49″N 79°22′48″W / 36.18028°N 79.38000°W |
| Area | 1 acre (0.40 ha) |
| Built | 1915-1916 |
| NRHP reference No. | 86003438[1] |
| Added to NRHP | December 4, 1986 |
McCray School is a historic one-room school building for African-American students located near Burlington, Alamance County, North Carolina. It was built in 1915–1916, and is a one-story, two-bay, frame building. It has a tin gable-front roof and is sheathed in plain weatherboard. The school continued in operation until the consolidation of four rural Alamance County schoolhouses in 1951.[2]
It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1986.[1]
References[]
- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
- ^ Sheila A Bumgarner (May 1986). "McCray School" (pdf). National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory. North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office. Retrieved 2014-08-01.
Categories:
- One-room schoolhouses in North Carolina
- African-American history of North Carolina
- School buildings on the National Register of Historic Places in North Carolina
- School buildings completed in 1916
- Schools in Alamance County, North Carolina
- National Register of Historic Places in Alamance County, North Carolina
- 1916 establishments in North Carolina
- Alamance County, North Carolina Registered Historic Place stubs