Woodlawn School (Mebane, North Carolina)

Woodlawn School
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
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Location	N side NC 1921 0.15 miles W of jct. with NC 1920, near Mebane, North Carolina
Coordinates	36°6′39″N79°17′43″W / 36.11083°N 79.29528°W / 36.11083; -79.29528
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

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]}

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1991. ^[1]

Notable faculty

• Mary White Scott, schoolteacher and First Lady of North Carolina

See also

• Woodlawn School (Mooresville, North Carolina), a similarly named private school founded in 2002

References

1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
2. Daniel Pezzoni (August 1991). "Woodlawn School" (pdf). National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory. North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office. Retrieved August 1, 2014.
3. Hawfields Presbyterian Church website