Concord School (Franklin County, North Carolina) Explained

Concord School
Location:645 Walter Grissom Rd., Kittrell, North Carolina, USA
Coordinates:36.1631°N -78.3797°W
Built:1922
Architecture:Rosenwald Community School Floor Plan No. 20 (Modified)[1] [2]
Added:May 31, 2018
Refnum:100002517[3]

The Concord School, currently called the Concord Community Center, is a historic Rosenwald School located at 645 Walter Grissom Road between Kittrell and Franklinton in northwestern Franklin County, North Carolina. Built in 1922 and primarily financed by the Julius Rosenwald Foundation, the school is a single story, hip-roofed frame building which consisted of three classrooms, a three-bay industrial room and a cloakroom. The Concord School served African-American students within the local community until it closed in 1955. Students were then moved to the B.F. Person School (now Franklinton Elementary School) in nearby Franklinton.

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2018. Recently restored in 2022, the Concord School is currently managed by a non-profit organization with member alumnus and used as a community center.[4]

Notes and References

  1. https://digital.ncdcr.gov/Documents/Detail/community-school-plans-bulletin-no.-3-the-julius-rosenwald-fund/974189?item=974195 North Carolina Digital Collections, The Julius Rosenwald Fund -- Community School Plans, Bulletin No. 3, 1924, page 5
  2. https://files.nc.gov/ncdcr/nr/FK0545.pdf North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office, NHRP Registration Form -- Concord School
  3. https://npgallery.nps.gov/NRHP/AssetDetail/0142f981-9432-4d1a-81b3-a4e67b53da42 National Register of Historic Places, NPGallery Digital Archive
  4. https://www.franklincountytax.us/datalets/Datalet.aspx?mode=profileall&UseSearch=no&pin=008569&jur=035&taxyr=2022 Franklin County Tax Office, Parcel Record Search Portal -- Concord Community Center