Enfield Graded School

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Enfield Graded School
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Enfield Graded School, June 2013
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Location700 Branch St., Enfield, North Carolina
Coordinates 36°11′03″N77°40′32″W / 36.18417°N 77.67556°W / 36.18417; -77.67556
Area15 acres (6.1 ha)
Built1950 (1950)
ArchitectSimpson, Frank B.; Savage, Eugene
Architectural styleColonial Revival
NRHP reference No. 08001290 [1]
Added to NRHPJanuary 8, 2009

Enfield Graded School, also known as Enfield Middle School, is a historic school building located at Enfield, Halifax County, North Carolina. It was designed by architect Frank B. Simpson and built in 1950. It is a two-story, Colonial Revival style brick building. The H-shaped building consists of a large two-story central block, projecting two-story flanking wings, a one-story auditorium, and a one-story kitchen addition. Also on the property are the contributing brick gymnasium (1951), concrete block agricultural building (1952), and adjacent athletic fields. [2]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2009. [1] Currently this facility is home to 36 senior apartment units.

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References

  1. 1 2 "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. Beth Keane (July 2008). "Enfield Graded School" (pdf). National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory. North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office. Retrieved 2015-01-01.