Riley Hill School
Riley Hill School | |
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| Location | NC 2320, 0.2 miles (0.32 km) east of NC 2318, near Wendell, North Carolina |
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| Coordinates | 35°51′34″N 78°24′59″W / 35.85944°N 78.41639°W |
| Area | 4 acres (1.6 ha) |
| Built | 1928 |
| Built by | Strickland Brothers |
| Architectural style | Colonial Revival |
| NRHP reference No. | 01000415[1] |
| Added to NRHP | April 25, 2001 |
Riley Hill School is a historic Rosenwald School building located in Wendell, North Carolina, a town in eastern Wake County. It was built in 1928, and is a one-story, brick building with an "H"-shaped plan. The five-bay original section has a one-story porch with simple Doric order columns in the Colonial Revival style. The school closed its doors in 1970, but was purchased in 1991 by the Riley Hill Baptist Church.[2]
In April 2001, Riley Hill School was listed on the National Register of Historic Places.[1]
See also
References
- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
- ^ Nancy Van Dolsen (September 2000). "Riley Hill School" (pdf). National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory. North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office. Retrieved 2015-05-01.
Categories:
- Rosenwald schools in North Carolina
- School buildings on the National Register of Historic Places in North Carolina
- School buildings completed in 1928
- Colonial Revival architecture in North Carolina
- Buildings and structures in Wake County, North Carolina
- National Register of Historic Places in Wake County, North Carolina
- Wake County, North Carolina Registered Historic Place stubs