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Liberty Hill School (Ellerbe, North Carolina)

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Liberty Hill School
Liberty Hill School, March 2007
Liberty Hill School (Ellerbe, North Carolina) is located in North Carolina
Liberty Hill School (Ellerbe, North Carolina)
Location234 Covington Comm. Rd., near Ellerbe, North Carolina
Area1 acre (0.40 ha)
Built1930 (1930)
Architectural styleBungalow/craftsman
NRHP reference No.07001409[1]
Added to NRHPJanuary 17, 2008

Liberty Hill School, also known as the Liberty-Exway School and Covington Community Center, is a historic Rosenwald School for African-American students located near Ellerbe, Richmond County, North Carolina. Built in 1930, it is a one-story, two teacher school with American Craftsman design elements. It measures approximately 44 feet by 36 feet, 6 inches. The structure ceased to operate as a school in the mid-1950s and subsequently used as a community center.[2]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2008.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. ^ J. Daniel Pezzoni and Patricia Dial (May 2007). "Liberty Hill School" (pdf). National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory. North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office. Retrieved 2015-02-01.