Harnett County Training School Explained

Harnett County Training School
Coordinates:35.3111°N -78.6011°W
Built:-1956
Architect:Boney, Leslie N.
Builder:Player Realty Construction Co.
Architecture:Colonial Revival, Modern Movement
Added:August 20, 2014
Refnum:14000521[1]

Harnett County Training School, also known as Harnett High School, is a historic school complex for African-American students located at Dunn, Harnett County, North Carolina. The complex was built between 1922 and 1956, and consists of one two-story and five single-story brick buildings. They include a gable front combined Gymnasium/Auditorium (1948); the two-story, 14 teacher, flat-roofed, Colonial Revival-style Rosenwald-funded Harnett County Training School (1922); a detached brick boiler room (1950); two, one-story, flat-roofed Library and Office Building and Cafeteria buildings (1956); and a one-story, flat-roofed Rosenwald-funded classroom annex added in 1927, now designated the Education Building.[2]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2014.[1]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: National Register of Historic Places Listings. 2014-08-29. Weekly List of Actions Taken on Properties: 8/18/14 through 8/23/14. National Park Service.
  2. Web site: Ed Turberg. Harnett County Training School . National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory . April 2014. pdf . North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office . 2014-08-01.