McCray School

McCray School
Location NW side of NC 62, S of jct. with SR 1757, near Burlington, North Carolina
Coordinates 36°10′49″N 79°22′48″W / 36.18028°N 79.38000°W / 36.18028; -79.38000Coordinates: 36°10′49″N 79°22′48″W / 36.18028°N 79.38000°W / 36.18028; -79.38000
Area 1 acre (0.40 ha)
Built 1915 (1915)-1916
NRHP Reference # 86003438[1]
Added to NRHP December 4, 1986

McCray School is a historic one-room school building for African-American students located near Burlington, Alamance County, North Carolina. It was built in 1915-1916, and is a one-story, two-bay, frame building. It has a tin gable-front roof and is sheathed in plain weatherboard. The school continued in operation until the consolidation of four rural Alamance County schoolhouses in 1951.[2]

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1986.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 National Park Service (2010-07-09). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
  2. ↑ Sheila A Bumgarner (May 1986). "McCray School" (pdf). National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory. North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office. Retrieved 2014-08-01.


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