Billingsville School

Billingsville School
Billingsville School is located in North Carolina
Billingsville School
Location within North Carolina
Billingsville School is located in the United States
Billingsville School
Location within the United States
Location3100 Leroy St., Charlotte, North Carolina
Coordinates35°11′46″N 80°48′30″W / 35.19611°N 80.80833°W / 35.19611; -80.80833
Area3 acres (1.2 ha)
Built1927 (1927), 1949
Architectural styleBungalow/craftsman
NRHP reference No.99001366[1]
Added to NRHPNovember 12, 1999

Billingsville School is a historic Rosenwald School building located in the Grier Heights community of Charlotte, Mecklenburg County, North Carolina. It was built in 1927 as a school for African-American students. It is a one-story, hip-roofed school building in the Bungalow and American Craftsmanstyles, with a brick veneer, symmetrical facade, and a steeply pitched front-gable porch. A small, flat-roofed brick addition was built in 1949.[2]

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1999.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. ↑ Frances Alexander (March 1999). "Billingsville School" (pdf). National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory. North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office. Retrieved February 1, 2015.
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