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Billingsville School

Coordinates: 35°11′46″N 80°48′30″W / 35.19611°N 80.80833°W / 35.19611; -80.80833
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Billingsville School
Billingsville School is located in North Carolina
Billingsville School
Billingsville School is located in the United States
Billingsville School
Location3100 Leroy St., Charlotte, North Carolina
Coordinates35°11′46″N 80°48′30″W / 35.19611°N 80.80833°W / 35.19611; -80.80833
Area3 acres (1.2 ha)
Built1927 (1927), 1949
Architectural styleBungalow/craftsman
NRHP reference No.99001366[1]
Added to NRHPNovember 12, 1999

Billingsville School is a historic Rosenwald School building located in the Grier Heights community of Charlotte, Mecklenburg County, North Carolina. It was built in 1927 as a school for African-American students. It is a one-story, hip-roofed school building in the Bungalow and American Craftsman style with a brick veneer, symmetrical facade, and a steeply pitched, front gable porch. A small, flat-roofed, brick addition was built in 1949.[2]

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1999.[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. ^ Frances Alexander (March 1999). "Billingsville School" (pdf). National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory. North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office. Retrieved 2015-02-01.