{"nrhp_refnum":"100003300","name":"Cleveland School","other_names":["R.A Clement School"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"216 Krider St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Cleveland","county":"Rowan County","state":"NC","lat":35.73504913000005,"lon":-80.66907879599995,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"2019-01-10","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture","Black","Education","Ethnic Heritage"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A two-story, U-plan brick consolidation school at 8968 Cleveland Road in the Cleveland community near Clayton, Johnston County, North Carolina, built 1926-27 to designs by Charlotte architect Charles C. Hook, with wings added in 1932 and 1938. The nominated area includes three auxiliary buildings.","why_significant":"The school is argued to be locally significant under Criterion A for its role in 1920s school consolidation and public education for white students in Johnston County, and as a community center until it closed in 1999. It is significant under Criterion C as a well-preserved 1920s brick consolidation school with a high degree of integrity, one of very few remaining in the county.","narrative":"Cleveland School is a two-story red brick school on Cleveland Road in rural Johnston County, North Carolina. Charlotte architect Charles C. Hook designed the U-plan building, which opened in 1927 on a raised basement. Compatible wings were added in 1932 and 1938 as enrollment grew, bringing the school to about twenty-six classrooms. Classical Revival details include a projecting center bay, an arched main entrance with keystone, concrete beltcourses and a stepped parapet. Inside, original hardwood floors, plaster walls, blackboards and an auditorium stage survive. A well house, a bathroom building and a 1955 gymnasium complete the nominated group. The school reflects the 1920s push in Johnston County to replace small one- and two-teacher schools with larger consolidated buildings served by buses. It educated local students for about seventy years, until 1999, and served as a gathering place for sports and community events. It is one of few surviving 1920s schools in the county, and the period of significance runs from 1926 to 1955.","period_of_significance":"1926-1955","architect_builder":"Hook, Charles C., architect; Rogers, J.P., builder","architectural_style":"Classical Revival","criteria":["A","C"],"status_note":"The school closed in 1999; the school, bathroom and well house were being rehabilitated for adaptive reuse as apartments, and windows were covered with plywood.","vacant_flag":null,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:57:53.999237-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/8/7210/47721008/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NC/05000961.pdf"},"photo":null,"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":null,"wikipedia":null,"wikidata":null},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/north-carolina/rowan-county/cleveland-school-100003300/"}