Princeville School Explained

Princeville School
Location:US 258, 0.3 mi. E of NC 64, Princeville, North Carolina
Coordinates:35.89°N -77.5269°W
Built:-1940
Architecture:craftsman influenced
Added:January 9, 2001
Refnum:00001615

Princeville School, also known as Princeville Graded Colored School, is a historic school for African-American students located at Princeville, Edgecombe County, North Carolina. It was built between 1935 and 1940, and is a one-story weatherboarded building, eleven bays wide and two rooms deep, with a recessed front-gable center entrance. It sits on a high brick pier foundation and has a hipped roof. The school closed in 1960, and the building served as Princeville's town hall from 1960 until 1999.[1]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2001.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Penne Smith . Ellen Turco . Michelle Kullen . amp . Princeville School. National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory . August 2000 . pdf . North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office . 2014-11-01.