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W. E. B. DuBois School
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
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Location	536 Franklin St., Wake Forest, North Carolina
Coordinates	35°59′6″N 78°30′4″W / 35.98500°N 78.50111°W / 35.98500; -78.50111
Area	4 acres (1.6 ha)
Built	1926 (1926), 1939, 1942
Architect	Simpson, Frank B.
Architectural style	Colonial Revival
MPS	Wake County MPS
NRHP reference No.	93000998
Added to NRHP	October 5, 1993

W. E. B. DuBois School, also known as Wake Forest Graded School (Colored), Wake Forest Colored High School, and Wake Forest-Rolesville Middle School, is a historic Rosenwald School building and school complex located at Wake Forest, Wake County, North Carolina. The elementary school was built in 1926, consists of a one-story, seven-bay, brick veneer, main block with a rear ell and Colonial Revival style design elements. It has a side-gable roof and front portico. The High School Building was built in 1939 with funds provided by the Public Works Administration. It is a one-story, rectangular brick block with a hipped roof and slightly projecting gabled portico. The Agriculture Building/Shop was brought to this site in 1942. It is a one-story, L-shaped brick building, with the addition built about 1952–1953.

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1993.

References

1. ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
2. Beth P. Thomas (March 1993). "W. E. B. DuBois School" (pdf). National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory. North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office. Retrieved 2015-06-01.

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