Monroe Street School Explained

Monroe Street School
Location:1100 West Monroe St., Salisbury, North Carolina
Coordinates:35.6733°N -80.485°W
Built:, 1941, 1960
Architecture:Classical Revival
Added:May 19, 2004
Refnum:04000463

Monroe Street School, also known as J.C. Price High School and S.E. Duncan Education Center of Livingstone College, is a historic school building located at Salisbury, Rowan County, North Carolina. It was built in 1923, and is a three-story, Classical Revival style red brick building. It was damaged by fire in 1941 and rebuilt. A cafeteria addition was completed in 1960. The school originally served as Salisbury's only African-American public school. It was originally named J. C. Price High School, but the name was changed in 1931 with the construction of another school given that name.[1]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2003.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Mattson, Alexander . Associates, Inc. . amp . Monroe Street School. National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory . December 2003. North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office . 2015-02-01.