Former Pembroke High School

Former Pembroke High School
Location E of the jct. of Hwy. 711 and NC 1561, Pembroke, North Carolina
Coordinates 34°41′10″N 79°12′16″W / 34.68611°N 79.20444°W / 34.68611; -79.20444Coordinates: 34°41′10″N 79°12′16″W / 34.68611°N 79.20444°W / 34.68611; -79.20444
Area less than one acre
Built 1939 (1939)
Architect WPA
NRHP Reference # 95001071[1]
Added to NRHP September 1, 1995

The former Pembroke High School, also known as the Indian Education Resource Center, is a historic high school building located at Pembroke, Robeson County, North Carolina. It was designed and built by the Public Works Administration in 1939. It is a one-story, brick building consisting of a central entrance pavilion and auditorium, with flanking classroom wings. The building was renovated in Fall 1992. The building originally housed a high school for Native American students of the Lumbee tribe.[2]

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

References

  1. 1 2 National Park Service (2010-07-09). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
  2. Susan Holladay (June 1995). "Pembroke High School, Former" (pdf). National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory. North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office. Retrieved 2015-02-01.
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