Cooper School (Mebane, North Carolina)
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| Location | S side of SR 2143, E of jct. with SR 2142, near Mebane, North Carolina |
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| Coordinates | 35°59′30″N 79°16′19″W / 35.99167°N 79.27194°W |
| Area | 1.5 acres (0.61 ha) |
| Built | c. 1900 |
| NRHP reference No. | 86003451[1] |
| Added to NRHP | December 15, 1986 |
Cooper School is a historic one-room school building for African-American students located near Mebane, Alamance County, North Carolina. It was built about 1900, and is a one-story, three-bay, frame building. It has a tin gable-front roof and is sheathed in plain weatherboard. The school continued to operate until 1907 when a larger educational facility, the Oaks School, was built nearby.[2]
It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1986.[1]
References
[edit]- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
- ^ Sheila A Bumgarner (n.d.). "Cooper School" (pdf). National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory. North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office. Retrieved 2014-08-01.
Categories:
- One-room schoolhouses in North Carolina
- Historically segregated African-American schools in North Carolina
- School buildings on the National Register of Historic Places in North Carolina
- School buildings completed in 1900
- Schools in Alamance County, North Carolina
- National Register of Historic Places in Alamance County, North Carolina
- 1900 establishments in North Carolina
- Alamance County, North Carolina Registered Historic Place stubs