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Oak Grove School (Winston-Salem, North Carolina)

Coordinates: 36°10′20″N 80°19′16″W / 36.17222°N 80.32111°W / 36.17222; -80.32111
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YWCA Oak Grove School
Oak Grove School, September 2013
Oak Grove School (Winston-Salem, North Carolina) is located in North Carolina
Oak Grove School (Winston-Salem, North Carolina)
Oak Grove School (Winston-Salem, North Carolina) is located in the United States
Oak Grove School (Winston-Salem, North Carolina)
LocationOak Grove Circle, 0.3 mi. E of jct. with Bethabara Rd., Winston-Salem, North Carolina
Coordinates36°10′20″N 80°19′16″W / 36.17222°N 80.32111°W / 36.17222; -80.32111
Area0.5 acres (0.20 ha)
Builtc. 1910 (1910)
NRHP reference No.02001668[1]
Added to NRHPDecember 31, 2002

Oak Grove School is a historic one-room school for African-American students located at Winston-Salem and owned by the YWCA of Winston Salem, Forsyth County, North Carolina. It was built about 1910, and is a one-story, gable-front, in weatherboard clad building with a full-width, shed roof porch. The school closed about 1950, and was used as a store. It was restored in 1998.[2]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2002.[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. ^ Sarah Woodard (August 2002). "Oak Grove School" (pdf). National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory. North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office. Retrieved 2014-11-01.