The Woodlawn School is a historic school building located near Mebane, Alamance County, North Carolina. It is based on a design by architects Barrett & Thomson and built in two stages in 1911-12 and 1913. It is a Queen Anne style frame building with a gable roof and belfry. The listing included one contributing building and two contributing structures (a ballfield and a wood shed) on 4.4 acres (1.8 ha). It was originally used as a school and community center and, after 1935, exclusively as a community center. A stage was added to one of the classrooms and the ballfield constructed in 1939, with Works Progress Administration funds.[2][3]
Woodlawn School | |
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| Location | N side NC 1921 0.15 miles W of jct. with NC 1920, near Mebane, North Carolina |
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| Coordinates | 36°6′39″N 79°17′43″W / 36.11083°N 79.29528°W |
| Area | 4.4 acres (1.8 ha) |
| Built | 1911-1913 |
| Architect | Barrett & Thomson |
| Architectural style | Queen Anne, Vernacular Queen Anne |
| NRHP reference No. | 91001745[1] |
| Added to NRHP | November 29, 1991 |
It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1991.[1]
Notable faculty edit
- Mary White Scott, schoolteacher and First Lady of North Carolina
See also edit
- Woodlawn School (Mooresville, North Carolina), a similarly named private school founded in 2002
References edit
- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
- ^ Daniel Pezzoni (August 1991). "Woodlawn School" (pdf). National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory. North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office. Retrieved 2014-08-01.
- ^ Hawfields Presbyterian Church website