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Harnett County Training School

Coordinates: 35°18′40″N 78°36′04″W / 35.31111°N 78.60111°W / 35.31111; -78.60111
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Harnett County Training School
Harnett County Training School is located in North Carolina
Harnett County Training School
Harnett County Training School is located in the United States
Harnett County Training School
Location610 E. Johnson St., Dunn, North Carolina
Coordinates35°18′40″N 78°36′04″W / 35.31111°N 78.60111°W / 35.31111; -78.60111
Area5.33 acres (2.16 ha)
Built1922 (1922)-1956
Built byPlayer Realty Construction Co.
ArchitectBoney, Leslie N.
Architectural styleColonial Revival, Modern Movement
NRHP reference No.14000521[1]
Added to NRHPAugust 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

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  1. ^ a b "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.