| Richard B. Harrison School | |
| Location: | 605 W. Noble & 405 S. Brevard Sts., Selma, North Carolina |
| Coordinates: | 35.5364°N -78.2919°W |
| Built: | , 1955, 1956 |
| Architect: | Hook, W. W.; McGee, Harry Kirk; Skinner, B. Atwood |
| Architecture: | Modern Movement |
| Added: | December 26, 2012 |
| Refnum: | 12001089[1] |
Richard B. Harrison School is a historic school complex located at Selma, Johnston County, North Carolina, United States. The complex consists of contains an agricultural building constructed in 1953 with a 1965 bricklaying shop addition; a gymnasium and classroom building built in 1955; a pump house (c. 1955); and the 1956 elementary school classroom building. Also on the property is a contributing baseball field (c. 1950). The school buildings are all one-story, Modern Movement brick veneer buildings. The complex served the African-American students of Johnston County until the system was integrated in 1970. Harrison School closed in 1987.[2]
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2012.[1]
In 2012, the school was renovated and transformed into the Harrison Center for Active Aging, the largest multipurpose senior center in Johnston County, North Carolina.[3]
In 2014, the Town of Selma received the Ernest B. Messer Award by the NC Department of Health & Human Services for the dedication and renovation of the Harrison Center.[4]