Riley Hill School

Riley Hill School
Location NC 2320, 0.2 miles (0.32 km) east of NC 2318, near Wendell, North Carolina
Coordinates 35°51′34″N 78°24′59″W / 35.85944°N 78.41639°W / 35.85944; -78.41639Coordinates: 35°51′34″N 78°24′59″W / 35.85944°N 78.41639°W / 35.85944; -78.41639
Area 4 acres (1.6 ha)
Built 1928
Built by Strickland Brothers
Architectural style Colonial Revival
NRHP Reference # 01000415[1]
Added to NRHP April 25, 2001

Riley Hill School is a historic Rosenwald School building located in Wendell, North Carolina, a town in eastern Wake County. It was built in 1928, and is a one-story, brick building with an "H"-shaped plan. The five-bay original section has a one-story porch with simple Doric order columns in the Colonial Revival style. The school closed its doors in 1970, but was purchased in 1991 by the Riley Hill Baptist Church.[2]

In April 2001, Riley Hill School was listed on the National Register of Historic Places.[1]

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References

  1. 1 2 National Park Service (2010-07-09). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
  2. Nancy Van Dolsen (September 2000). "Riley Hill School" (pdf). National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory. North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office. Retrieved 2015-05-01.


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