Reid's Grove School

Reid's Grove School
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
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Location	931 Main St., near Gatesville, North Carolina
Coordinates	36°25′4″N76°45′29″W / 36.41778°N 76.75806°W / 36.41778; -76.75806
Area	1.3 acres (0.53 ha)
Built	1927
Built by	S.D. Stallings
Architectural style	Greek Revival, Federal
NRHP reference No.	11000621 [1]
Added to NRHP	August 30, 2011

Reid's Grove School is a historic Rosenwald school located near Gatesville, Gates County, North Carolina. It was built in 1927, and is a one-story, side-gable frame school with a prominent projecting single-bay gabled wing. It was one of seven schools in the county financed and constructed with the assistance of the Rosenwald Fund for the education of African-American children. It replaced an earlier school built in the 1880s. The building ceased its function as a school in 1951. ^[2]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2011. ^[1]

References

1. "National Register of Historic Places Listings" (PDF). Weekly List of Actions Taken on Properties: 8/29/11 through 9/02/11. National Park Service. September 9, 2011.
2. Penne Sandbeck (February 2011). "Reid's Grove School" (pdf). National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory. North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office. Retrieved November 1, 2014.