Hillside Park High School | |
Location | 200 E. Umstead Street, Durham, North Carolina |
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Coordinates | 35°58′56″N78°54′09″W / 35.98222°N 78.90250°W |
Area | 4 acres (1.6 ha) |
Built | 1922 | , 1954-1955, c. 1960
Architect | Milburn, Heister & Company, Hackney & Knott |
Architectural style | Classical Revival, Modern Movement |
MPS | Durham MRA |
NRHP reference No. | 13001026 [1] |
Added to NRHP | December 26, 2012 |
Hillside Park High School, also known as Hillside High School, James A. Whitted Elementary School, and James A. Whitted Junior High School, is a historic school building for African-American students located at Durham, Durham County, North Carolina. The original Classical Revival portion dates to 1922 and is a T-shaped, two-story building on a full basement. A three-story red-brick, T-shaped Modern Movement-style addition was built in 1954–1955, with a one-story-on-basement gymnasium rear wing. Also on the property is a contributing greenhouse built about 1960. The school served the African-American student population of Durham until 1970, when the schools were integrated. [2]
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2013. [1]
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