Riley Hill School
Riley Hill School | |
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| Location | NC 2320, 0.2 miles (0.32 km) east of NC 2318, near Wendell, North Carolina |
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| Coordinates | 35°51′34″N 78°24′59″W / 35.85944°N 78.41639°W |
| Area | 4 acres (1.6 ha) |
| Built | 1928 |
| Built by | Strickland Brothers |
| Architectural style | Colonial Revival |
| NRHP reference No. | 01000415[1] |
| Added to NRHP | April 25, 2001 |
Riley Hill School is a historic Rosenwald School building located in Wendell, North Carolina, a town in eastern Wake County. It was built in 1928, and is a one-story, brick building with an H-shaped plan. The five-bay original section has a one-story porch with simple Doric order columns in the Colonial Revival style. The school closed its doors in 1970, but was purchased in 1991 by the Riley Hill Baptist Church. It caught fire on September 25, 2020. Much of the structure was damaged.[2]
In April 2001, Riley Hill School was listed on the National Register of Historic Places.[1]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
- ^ Nancy Van Dolsen (September 2000). "Riley Hill School" (pdf). National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory. North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office. Retrieved 2015-05-01.
Categories:
- Rosenwald schools in North Carolina
- School buildings on the National Register of Historic Places in North Carolina
- School buildings completed in 1928
- Colonial Revival architecture in North Carolina
- Buildings and structures in Wake County, North Carolina
- National Register of Historic Places in Wake County, North Carolina
- 1928 establishments in North Carolina
- Wake County, North Carolina Registered Historic Place stubs