W. E. B. DuBois School | |
Location: | 536 Franklin St., Wake Forest, North Carolina |
Coordinates: | 35.985°N -78.5011°W |
Built: | , 1939, 1942 |
Architect: | Simpson, Frank B. |
Architecture: | Colonial Revival |
Added: | October 5, 1993 |
Refnum: | 93000998 |
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.[1]
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1993.