Harnett County Training School

610 E. Johnson St., Dunn, North Carolina. County/parish: Harnett.

Added to the National Register of Historic Places August 20, 2014. NRIS 14000521.

6 contributing buildings.

Also known as:

  • Harnett High School

From Wikipedia:

Harnett County Training School

Harnett County Training School (also known as Harnett High School) is a historic school complex for African-American students located at Dunn, Harnett County, North Carolina. The complex was built between 1922 and 1956, and consists of one two-story and five single-story brick buildings. They include a gable front combined Gymnasium/Auditorium (1948); the two-story, 14 teacher, flat-roofed, Colonial Revival-style, Rosenwald-funded Harnett County Training School (1922); a detached brick boiler room (1950); two, one-story, flat-roofed Library and Office Building and Cafeteria buildings (1956); and a one-story, flat-roofed Rosenwald-funded classroom annex added in 1927, now designated the Education Building.

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2014.

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