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C. S. Brown School Auditorium

Coordinates: 36°23′6″N 76°56′18″W / 36.38500°N 76.93833°W / 36.38500; -76.93833
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C. S. Brown School Auditorium
C. S. Brown School Auditorium is located in North Carolina
C. S. Brown School Auditorium
C. S. Brown School Auditorium is located in the United States
C. S. Brown School Auditorium
LocationOff NC 45, Winton, North Carolina
Coordinates36°23′6″N 76°56′18″W / 36.38500°N 76.93833°W / 36.38500; -76.93833
Area8.5 acres (3.4 ha)
Built1926 (1926)
Architectural styleColonial Revival
NRHP reference No.85001657[1]
Added to NRHPJuly 29, 1985

C. S. Brown School Auditorium, also known as Brown Hall, is a historic school auditorium and national historic district located at Winton, Hertford County, North Carolina. It was built in 1926, and is a one-story stuccoed tile block building in the Colonial Revival style. It consists of a five-bay central pavilion with hip roof and flanking classroom wings. The front facade features a pedimented portico with four original Doric order columns. It is the oldest intact and unaltered building associated with the Calvin Scott Brown School, a school for African-American students founded by Calvin Scott Brown (1859–1936).[2]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1985.[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. ^ Beth Keane (April 2005). "C. S. Brown School Auditorium" (pdf). National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory. North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office. Retrieved January 1, 2015.