Warren County Training School Explained

Warren County Training School
Location:East side of NC 1300, 0.8 N of NC 1372, near Wise, North Carolina
Coordinates:36.5156°N -78.1664°W
Built:, 1931, c. 1955
Architecture:Rosenwald School
Added:April 19, 2006
Refnum:06000294

Warren County Training School is a historic Rosenwald School located near Wise, Warren County, North Carolina. It was built in 1931, and is a large, one-story, nine classroom brick school. It measures approximately 222 feet by 58 feet, with a rear wing measuring 42 feet by 59 feet. Also on the property are the contributing teacherage (principal's residence) (1925), brick cafeteria building (c. 1955), and brick agricultural building (c. 1955). The complex continued to operate as a school until 1970. The Warren County Training School is one of 25 schools that were constructed using Rosenwald funds in Warren County.[1]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2006.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Nancy Van Dolsen . Warren County Training School . National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory . January 2006 . pdf . North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office . 2015-06-01.