{"nrhp_refnum":"06000867","name":"Morgan School","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"7427 Winters Rd.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Bailey","county":"Nash County","state":"NC","lat":35.82187829000003,"lon":-78.13680514299995,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"2006-09-15","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture","Education","Black"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A two-classroom, single-story Rosenwald school building on a rural lot at the northeast corner of Winters Road and Mount Pleasant Road in southwestern Nash County, North Carolina. It was funded and constructed between 1925 and 1926 and closely follows Floor Plan No. 20 from Rosenwald Bulletin No. 3.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the school is significant for its association with African American education and ethnic heritage in Nash County, serving the local Black community from 1926 into the mid-1950s. It is also argued to be a remarkably exact and well-preserved example of a standardized Rosenwald plan, with its original interior layout and operable partition largely intact.","narrative":"Built in 1925 and 1926 on a rise at the crossroads of Winters and Mount Pleasant roads in southwestern Nash County, Morgan School is a two-classroom Rosenwald school following Floor Plan No. 20 from the fund's Bulletin No. 3. The single-story frame building has painted weatherboards, a steel roof, and a central projecting Industrial Room used as a kitchen and lunchroom. The school was funded through a local appropriation, a Rosenwald Fund grant of $700, and community contributions. From 1926 until the mid-1950s it taught grades one through seven for the surrounding African American families and hosted PTA meetings, church programs and other community events. Its interior retains the original layout and an operable chalkboard partition that allowed the rooms to be combined into one assembly space. After the county consolidated schools, the property was auctioned in 1956. Among the seven surviving Rosenwald schools in Nash County, it is regarded as one of the best preserved.","period_of_significance":"1925-1956","architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Other: Rosenwald School","criteria":["A","C"],"status_note":"Closed and the property auctioned in 1956; the school building was converted to a private residence soon after.","vacant_flag":null,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-haiku-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.1-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 17:11:40.654672-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/96/7214/47721496/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NC/06000867.pdf"},"photo":null,"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/47721496","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Morgan_School","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q19987180"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/north-carolina/nash-county/morgan-school-06000867/"}