Walnut Cove Colored School
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Walnut Cove Colored School, August 2013
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Location | Jct. of Brook and Dalton Sts., NW corner, Walnut Cove, North Carolina |
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Coordinates | 36°18′12″N 80°8′39″W / 36.30333°N 80.14417°WCoordinates: 36°18′12″N 80°8′39″W / 36.30333°N 80.14417°W |
Area | less than one acre |
Built | 1921 |
Built by | Rosenwald Fund Plan; Dan River Lumber and Milling Co. |
Architectural style | Bungalow/craftsman |
NRHP Reference # | 95000161 |
Added to NRHP | February 24, 1995 |
Walnut Cove Colored School, also known as London School, is historic Rosenwald School located at Walnut Cove, Stokes County, North Carolina. It was built in 1921, and is a one-story, rectangular frame building with five classrooms and Bungalow / American Craftsman design elements. It has weatherboard siding, a broad clipped gable roof, large sash windows, and a projecting front vestibule. The building measures approximately 49 feet wide by 73 feet deep and rests on a brick foundation. It housed a school until 1952. It was later renovated for use as a senior citizens' community center.
It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1995.