{"nrhp_refnum":"11001011","name":"Franklin County Training School-Riverside Union School","other_names":["Louisburg Elementary School"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"53 W. River Rd.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Louisburg","county":"Franklin County","state":"NC","lat":36.09494297800006,"lon":-78.30667504999997,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"2012-01-04","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Education","Black"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"The Franklin County Training School-Riverside Union School is a historic school campus in Louisburg, Franklin County, North Carolina, southwest of the town's historic core along West River Road. The nominated resources are three buildings: a 1951 classroom building, a 1960 classroom building, and a 1964 cafeteria.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the campus is significant under Criterion A for education and for ethnic heritage (Black) because it served the county's African American students from first through twelfth grade and was the county's premier school for Louisburg's African American community. The 1951 classroom building was built by returning African American World War II veterans through a building trade training program. The campus's use and name changed in response to federal desegregation orders in 1967 and 1968.","narrative":"Built on a ten-acre site sloping toward West River Road southwest of Louisburg, this former African American school campus includes three historic buildings: a 1951 classroom building, a 1960 classroom building and a 1964 cafeteria. The 1951 building, a ten-bay concrete block structure faced in brick with a long porch of wood pillars, was constructed by returning African American World War II veterans in a building trade training program. The campus originated as the Franklin County Training School, a Rosenwald-funded school completed in 1928 on Cripple Creek Road. After the main school burned in 1960, the campus became Riverside Union School, serving about 1,500 students at its 1960s peak. Its enrollment, grade structure and name were altered in 1968 as the county responded to federal desegregation orders. The three buildings are regarded as the sole remaining architecturally intact resources from the pre-1968 era at the school.","period_of_significance":"1951-1968","architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Modern Movement; No Style","criteria":["A"],"status_note":"The document states the 1951 classroom building is presently not in use and is being rehabilitated for educational, community center and archive use; the campus was later used as administrative offices for the Franklin County School System from 2006.","vacant_flag":true,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-haiku-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.1-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 17:11:41.664703-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/59/7203/47720359/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NC/11001011.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/11001011/17dc57c6d6-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/11001011/17dc57c6d6-1600.webp","licence":"Public domain","author":"Nyttend","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Franklin_County_Training_School,_Louisburg.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Nyttend</a>, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Franklin_County_Training_School,_Louisburg.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/47720359","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Franklin_County_Training_School-Riverside_Union_School","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q18705892"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/north-carolina/franklin-county/franklin-county-training-school-riverside-union-school-11001011/"}