Billingsville School Explained

Billingsville School
Location:3100 Leroy St., Charlotte, North Carolina
Coordinates:35.1961°N -80.8083°W
Built:, 1949
Architecture:Bungalow/craftsman
Added:November 12, 1999
Refnum:99001366

Billingsville School is a historic Rosenwald School building located in the Grier Heights community of Charlotte, Mecklenburg County, North Carolina. It was built in 1927 as a school for African-American students. It is a one-story, hip-roofed school building in the Bungalow and American Craftsman style with a brick veneer, symmetrical facade, and a steeply pitched, front gable porch. A small, flat-roofed, brick addition was built in 1949.[1]

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1999.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Frances Alexander. Billingsville School. National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory . March 1999. pdf . North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office . 2015-02-01.