{"nrhp_refnum":"03000853","name":"Snow Hill Colored High School","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"602A W. Harper St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Snow Hill","county":"Greene County","state":"NC","lat":35.449596203000056,"lon":-77.67259522399996,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"2003-08-28","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture","Education","Black"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A one-story, seven-bay common bond red brick school building with an H-shaped plan on West Harper Street in Snow Hill, Greene County, North Carolina, constructed in 1925 as a Julius Rosenwald Fund school. It is accompanied by a granite monument to Mary M. Battle and a baseball field to the east.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the school is significant under Criterion A for education and ethnic heritage (black) because it served as the first high school for African Americans in Greene County and as a community center. It is also significant under Criterion C for architecture as a six-room Rosenwald school built to the fund's standard plan, one of relatively few such schools in North Carolina with six or more classrooms.","narrative":"Built of common bond red brick in 1925 on a rise above West Harper Street in Snow Hill, the Snow Hill Colored High School is a one-story building with an H-shaped plan, two gable-front wings, and a recessed central section containing an auditorium, office and library. It followed a six-room plan supplied by the Julius Rosenwald Fund, with groups of large nine-over-nine windows admitting daylight. The Greene County Board of Education oversaw construction, and the building opened in September 1925 as the first place in the county where African American students could attend high school. Through 1953 it also hosted plays, adult classes, films, extension meetings and community gatherings, and trained teachers. A granite obelisk honours Mary M. Battle, the county's Industrial Supervisor for Colored Schools from 1914 to 1917. The school is regarded as a significant example of the Rosenwald building program in North Carolina.","period_of_significance":"1925-1953","architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Other: Rosenwald School","criteria":["A","C"],"status_note":null,"vacant_flag":null,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-haiku-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.1-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 17:11:41.724609-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/68/7204/47720468/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NC/03000853.pdf"},"photo":null,"district":{"nrhp_refnum":"00001122","name":"Snow Hill Historic District","url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/districts/north-carolina/snow-hill-historic-district-00001122/"},"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/47720468","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Snow_Hill_Colored_High_School","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q18706059"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/north-carolina/greene-county/snow-hill-colored-high-school-03000853/"}