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Ware Creek School

Coordinates: 35°25′12″N 76°56′19″W / 35.42000°N 76.93861°W / 35.42000; -76.93861
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Ware Creek School
Ware Creek School is located in North Carolina
Ware Creek School
Ware Creek School is located in the United States
Ware Creek School
LocationEast side of NC 1103, .3 miles southeast of junction with NC 1112, Blounts Creek, North Carolina
Coordinates35°25′12″N 76°56′19″W / 35.42000°N 76.93861°W / 35.42000; -76.93861
Arealess than one acre
Built1921 (1921)
Architectural styleBungalow/craftsman
NRHP reference No.96001443[1]
Added to NRHPDecember 6, 1996

Ware Creek School is a historic Rosenwald school building located at Blounts Creek, Beaufort County, North Carolina. It was built in 1921, and is a one-story rectangular structure with a hipped roof and projecting front pavilions. The main block of the building consists of three classrooms and a projecting central "industrial classroom" under a gable roof. The building exhibits American Craftsman design influences. It ceased use as a school in 1954.[2]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1996.[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. ^ Tom Hanchett (September 1996). "Ware Creek School" (pdf). National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory. North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office. Retrieved 2014-08-01.