Harnett County Training School

Harnett County Training School
Location 610 E. Johnson St., Dunn, North Carolina
Coordinates 35°18′40″N 78°36′04″W / 35.31111°N 78.60111°W / 35.31111; -78.60111Coordinates: 35°18′40″N 78°36′04″W / 35.31111°N 78.60111°W / 35.31111; -78.60111
Area 5.33 acres (2.16 ha)
Built 1922 (1922)-1956
Built by Player Realty Construction Co.
Architect Boney, Leslie N.
Architectural style Colonial Revival, Modern Movement
NRHP Reference # 14000521[1]
Added to NRHP August 20, 2014

Harnett County Training School, also known as Harnett High School, is a historic school complex for African-American students located at Dunn, Harnett County, North Carolina. The complex was built between 1922 and 1956, and consists of one two-story and five single-story brick buildings. They include a gable front combined Gymnasium/Auditorium (1948); the two-story, 14 teacher, flat-roofed, Colonial Revival-style Rosenwald-funded Harnett County Training School (1922); a detached brick boiler room (1950); two, one-story, flat-roofed Library and Office Building and Cafeteria buildings (1956); and a one-story, flat-roofed Rosenwald-funded classroom annex added in 1927, now designated the Education Building.[2]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2014.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 "National Register of Historic Places Listings". Weekly List of Actions Taken on Properties: 8/18/14 through 8/23/14. National Park Service. 2014-08-29.
  2. Ed Turberg (April 2014). "Harnett County Training School" (pdf). National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory. North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office. Retrieved 2014-08-01.


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