{"nrhp_refnum":"11000621","name":"Reid's Grove School","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"931 Main St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Gatesville","county":"Gates County","state":"NC","lat":36.41827155000004,"lon":-76.75795681199997,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"2011-08-30","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Black","Education"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"Reid's Grove School is a one-story, side-gable frame school building on the east side of US 158 Business (formerly NC 37), about eight-tenths of a mile north of Gatesville in Gates County, North Carolina. The cornerstone is inscribed \"November 5, 1927.\"","why_significant":"The school is argued to be significant for its association with African American education in Gates County from 1927 until 1951. It was one of seven county schools financed and built with Rosenwald Fund assistance, and the document uses its planning and construction history to illustrate Rosenwald program practice and local adaptations of Rosenwald plans.","narrative":"Built in 1927 on the east side of the former NC 37 north of Gatesville, this one-story frame school stands on its original brick pier foundation and has a projecting single-bay gabled wing. Its exterior closely follows a Rosenwald Fund floor plan for a two-teacher school, although the building was enlarged to serve three teachers. The school served African American students across the greater Gatesville area until 1951. It is significant as one of seven Gates County schools financed with Rosenwald Fund help, a program that combined philanthropic money with local and state funding, and it documents the Rosenwald system in North Carolina, including the negotiations between the state Rosenwald agents and local officials over the plan and funding. Surviving interior features include tongue-and-groove pine flooring, paneled doors, transoms, and a paneled sliding partition. Former students recalled the building's layout and daily life there, and the nomination uses these recollections alongside archival correspondence to describe its history.","period_of_significance":"1927-1951","architect_builder":"Stallings, S. D., builder","architectural_style":null,"criteria":["A"],"status_note":"The school ceased operating as a school in 1951 and the county acquired the property from the County Board of Education; the form describes later use as a 4-H office and as a county African American library.","vacant_flag":null,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-haiku-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.1-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 17:11:42.294796-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/41/7204/47720441/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NC/11000621.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/11000621/49d32b5cb1-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/11000621/49d32b5cb1-1600.webp","licence":"Public domain","author":"Nyttend","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Reid%27s_Grove_School.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Nyttend</a>, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Reid%27s_Grove_School.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/47720441","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reid%27s_Grove_School","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q18706031"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/north-carolina/gates-county/reids-grove-school-11000621/"}