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Harnett County Training School

Harnett County Training School
Harnett County Training School is located in North Carolina
Harnett County Training School
Harnett County Training School is located in the US
Harnett County Training School
Location 610 E. Johnson St., Dunn, North Carolina
Coordinates 35°18′40″N 78°36′04″W / 35.31111°N 78.60111°W / 35.31111; -78.60111Coordinates: 35°18′40″N 78°36′04″W / 35.31111°N 78.60111°W / 35.31111; -78.60111
Area 5.33 acres (2.16 ha)
Built 1922 (1922)-1956
Built by Player Realty Construction Co.
Architect Boney, Leslie N.
Architectural style Colonial Revival, Modern Movement
NRHP Reference # 14000521
Added to NRHP August 20, 2014

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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