Monroe Street School
Appearance
Monroe Street School | |
Monroe Street School, September 2012 | |
Location | 1100 West Monroe St., Salisbury, North Carolina |
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Coordinates | 35°40′24″N 80°29′6″W / 35.67333°N 80.48500°W |
Area | 1.3 acres (0.53 ha) |
Built | 1923 | , 1941, 1960
Architectural style | Classical Revival |
NRHP reference No. | 04000463[1] |
Added to NRHP | May 19, 2004 |
Monroe Street School, also known as J.C. Price High School and S.E. Duncan Education Center of Livingstone College, is a historic school building located at Salisbury, Rowan County, North Carolina. It was built in 1923, and is a three-story, Classical Revival style red brick building. It was damaged by fire in 1941 and rebuilt. A cafeteria addition was completed in 1960. The school originally served as Salisbury's only African-American public school. It was originally named J. C. Price High School, but the name was changed in 1931 with the construction of another school given that name.[2]
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2003.[1]
References
[edit]- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
- ^ Mattson, Alexander & Associates, Inc. (December 2003). "Monroe Street School" (PDF). National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory. North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office. Retrieved 2015-02-01.
Categories:
- Historically segregated African-American schools in North Carolina
- School buildings on the National Register of Historic Places in North Carolina
- Neoclassical architecture in North Carolina
- School buildings completed in 1923
- Schools in Rowan County, North Carolina
- National Register of Historic Places in Rowan County, North Carolina
- 1923 establishments in North Carolina
- Livingstone College
- Central North Carolina Registered Historic Place stubs