C. S. Brown School Auditorium


C. S. Brown School Auditorium
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
U.S. Historic district
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Location	Off NC 45, Winton, North Carolina
Coordinates	36°23′6″N 76°56′18″W / 36.38500°N 76.93833°W / 36.38500; -76.93833Coordinates: 36°23′6″N 76°56′18″W / 36.38500°N 76.93833°W / 36.38500; -76.93833
Area	8.5 acres (3.4 ha)
Built	1926 (1926)
Architectural style	Colonial Revival
NRHP Reference #	85001657^[1]
Added to NRHP	July 29, 1985

C. S. Brown School Auditorium, also known as Brown Hall, is a historic school auditorium and national historic district located at Winton, Hertford County, North Carolina. It was built in 1926, and is a one-story stuccoed tile block building in the Colonial Revival style. It consists of a five-bay central pavilion with hip roof and flanking classroom wings. The front facade features a pedimented portico with four original Doric order columns. It is the oldest intact and unaltered building associated with the Calvin Scott Brown School, a school for African-American students founded by Calvin Scott Brown (1859–1936).^[2]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1985.^[1]

References

1 2 National Park Service (2010-07-09). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
↑ Beth Keane (April 2005). "C. S. Brown School Auditorium" (pdf). National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory. North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office. Retrieved 2015-01-01.

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