Warren County Training School

Historic school building in North Carolina, United States

United States historic place


Warren County Training School
U.S. National Register of Historic Places

36°30′56″N 78°9′59″W / 36.51556°N 78.16639°W / 36.51556; -78.16639
Area	6.5 acres (2.6 ha)
Built	1925 (1925), 1931, c. 1955
Architectural style	Rosenwald School
NRHP reference No.	06000294^[1]
Added to NRHP	April 19, 2006

Warren County Training School is a historic Rosenwald School located near Wise, Warren County, North Carolina. It was built in 1931, and is a large, one-story, nine classroom brick school. It measures approximately 222 feet by 58 feet, with a rear wing measuring 42 feet by 59 feet. Also on the property are the contributing teacherage (principal's residence) (1925), brick cafeteria building (c. 1955), and brick agricultural building (c. 1955). The complex continued to operate as a school until 1970. The Warren County Training School is one of 25 schools that were constructed using Rosenwald funds in Warren County.^[2]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2006.^[1]

References

^ ^a ^b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
^ Nancy Van Dolsen (January 2006). "Warren County Training School" (pdf). National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory. North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office. Retrieved 2015-06-01.