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William Penn High School (North Carolina)

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Coordinates: 35°57′43″N 79°59′51″W / 35.96194°N 79.99750°W / 35.96194; -79.99750
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For other schools with this name, see William Penn School (disambiguation).
William Penn High School
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William Penn High School (North Carolina) is located in North Carolina
William Penn High School (North Carolina)
William Penn High School (North Carolina) is located in the United States
William Penn High School (North Carolina)
LocationWashington Dr., High Point, North Carolina
Coordinates35°57′43″N 79°59′51″W / 35.96194°N 79.99750°W / 35.96194; -79.99750
Area6.5 acres (2.6 ha)
Built1910 (1910)-1911, 1929-1930
Architectural styleColonial Revival
NRHP reference No.78001959[1]
Added to NRHPNovember 16, 1978

William Penn High School, also known as High Point Normal & Industrial Institute, is a historic high school for African-American students located at High Point, Guilford County, North Carolina. The high school building was built in 1910–1911, and enlarged and renovated in 1929–1930. It is a two-story, 12 classroom Colonial Revival style brick building. It has a projecting three-bay entrance pavilion. Two other buildings associated with the High Point Normal & Industrial Institute are on the property. The Institute was established by Quakers in 1891. They were built about 1910 and are a gable end frame structure sheathed in corrugated metal with a distinctive monitor roof and a brick building with a low pitched roof. The school closed in 1968[2] and was re-opened in 2003 as an arts magnet high school, Penn-Griffin School for the Arts.[3]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1978.[1]

Notable alumni

References

  1. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. ^ H. McKelden Smith and Jerry L. Cross (n.d.). "William Penn High School" (pdf). National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory. North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office. Retrieved 2014-12-01.
  3. ^ "Closing and Reopening". williampennproject. Retrieved 2019-11-15.


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