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Monroe Street School

Coordinates: 35°40′24″N 80°29′6″W / 35.67333°N 80.48500°W / 35.67333; -80.48500
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Monroe Street School
Monroe Street School, September 2012
Monroe Street School is located in North Carolina
Monroe Street School
Monroe Street School is located in the United States
Monroe Street School
Location1100 West Monroe St., Salisbury, North Carolina
Coordinates35°40′24″N 80°29′6″W / 35.67333°N 80.48500°W / 35.67333; -80.48500
Area1.3 acres (0.53 ha)
Built1923 (1923), 1941, 1960
Architectural styleClassical Revival
NRHP reference No.04000463[1]
Added to NRHPMay 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

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  1. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. ^ 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.