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Warren County Training School

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Architectural style
  
Rosenwald School

Area
  
3 ha

NRHP Reference #
  
06000294

Added to NRHP
  
19 April 2006

Warren County Training School

Location
  
East side of NC 1300, 0.8 N of NC 1372, near Wise, North Carolina

Built
  
1925 (1925), 1931, c. 1955

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.

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

References

Warren County Training School Wikipedia