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Woodlawn School
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
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Location	N side NC 1921 0.15 miles W of jct. with NC 1920, near Mebane, North Carolina
Coordinates	36°6′39″N 79°17′43″W / 36.11083°N 79.29528°W / 36.11083; -79.29528
Area	4.4 acres (1.8 ha)
Built	1911-1913
Architect	Barrett & Thomson
Architectural style	Queen Anne, Vernacular Queen Anne
NRHP reference No.	91001745
Added to NRHP	November 29, 1991

The Woodlawn School is a historic school building located near Mebane, Alamance County, North Carolina. It is based on a design by architects Barrett & Thomson and built in two stages in 1911-12 and 1913. It is a Queen Anne style frame building with a gable roof and belfry. The listing included one contributing building and two contributing structures (a ballfield and a wood shed) on 4.4 acres (1.8 ha). It was originally used as a school and community center and, after 1935, exclusively as a community center. A stage was added to one of the classrooms and the ballfield constructed in 1939, with Works Progress Administration funds.

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1991.

Notable faculty

• Mary White Scott, schoolteacher and First Lady of North Carolina

See also

• Woodlawn School (Mooresville, North Carolina), a similarly named private school founded in 2002

References

1. ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
2. Daniel Pezzoni (August 1991). "Woodlawn School" (pdf). National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory. North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office. Retrieved 2014-08-01.
3. Hawfields Presbyterian Church website

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