Reid's Grove School Explained

Reid's Grove School
Coordinates:36.4178°N -76.7581°W
Built:1927
Builder:S.D. Stallings
Architecture:Greek Revival, Federal
Added:August 30, 2011
Refnum:11000621[1]

Reid's Grove School is a historic Rosenwald school located near Gatesville, Gates County, North Carolina. It was built in 1927, and is a one-story, side-gable frame school with a prominent projecting single-bay gabledwing. It was one of seven schools in the county financed and constructed with the assistance of the Rosenwald Fund for the education of African-American children. It replaced an earlier school built in the 1880s. The building ceased its function as a school in 1951.[2]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2011.[1]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: National Register of Historic Places Listings. 2011-09-09. Weekly List of Actions Taken on Properties: 8/29/11 through 9/02/11. National Park Service.
  2. Web site: Penne Sandbeck . Reid's Grove School . National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory . February 2011. pdf . North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office . 2014-11-01.

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