Area 4 acres (1.6 ha) NRHP Reference # 14000163 | Built 1911 (1911) Added to NRHP April 21, 2014 | |
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Location 1214 Paris Ave., Port Royal, South Carolina Architectural style Colonial Revival; Modern | ||
The Port Royal School is a historic school building at 1214 Paris Avenue in Port Royal, South Carolina. Its original main block is a two-story Colonial Revival structure designed by Wilson and Sompayrac and built in 1911. In 1954 a single-story brick Modern addition was added to the north of this building; it was designed by William Harleston of Halsey & Cummings. A second addition was made in 2002, further extending the 1954 building to the north. The building is believed to be the second-oldest active elementary school building in the state. It also contributed to the area's checkered history of the provision of so-called "separate but equal" educational facilities for whites and African Americans: the 1954 addition occurred at a time when the last elementary school for African Americans in Port Royal was closed, requiring the transportation of those students to Beaufort. The Port Royal School remained whites-only until 1964.
The school was listed in the National Register of Historic Places in 2014.