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Lee County Training School

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Built
  
1927 (1927)

MPS
  
Lee County MPS

Opened
  
1927

Added to NRHP
  
28 December 2000

Built by
  
Boykin, A. L. "Link"

NRHP Reference #
  
00001551

Area
  
8,000 m²

Lee County Training School

Location
  
806 S. Vance St., Sanford, North Carolina

Lee County Training School, also known as the W. B. Wicker School, is a historic school building located at Sanford, Lee County, North Carolina. It is a one-story brick building dating to 1927 with additions in 1934 and 1949. The building is characterized by large windows alternating with pilasters. It served as Sanford and Lee County's African American high school until it was decommissioned as a high school in 1969. Classes were last held at the school in the late 1980s.

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2000.

References

Lee County Training School Wikipedia