National Register of Historic Places

Sunbury High School

Sunbury, Gates County, North Carolina
Listed
May 11, 2009
Type
Building
Period
Industrial
Ref No.
09000332

About this property

Sunbury High School is a historic high school complex located at Sunbury, Gates County, North Carolina. The complex consists of five buildings built between 1908 and about 1950. The main building was built in 1937, and is a two-story, Colonial Revival-style brick building. It consists of a seven bay, side-gabled main block flanked by two, long, slightly lower two-story, side-gabled wings. Also on the property is a two-story, side-gable frame, Colonial Revival-style Teacherage, built about 1940; a one-story, six-bay, "T-shaped", Agricultural Building built about 1908; a Gymnasium built about 1950; and a Pump-House/Oil House, built about 1941. The complex served as a high school until 1962. It housed an elementary school until it closed in 1997. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2009.

Location

101 NC 32 N.
Sunbury, Gates County, North Carolina
36.44700, -76.59959

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When was Sunbury High School listed on the National Register?

Sunbury High School was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on May 11, 2009.

What type of historic resource is Sunbury High School?

Sunbury High School is classified as a building in the National Register of Historic Places.

What is the period of significance for Sunbury High School?

The period of significance for Sunbury High School is recorded as the industrial era.

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