{"nrhp_refnum":"91001745","name":"Woodlawn School","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"N side NC 1921 0.15 mi. W of jct. with NC 1920","address_restricted":false,"city":"Mebane","county":"Alamance County","state":"NC","lat":36.11091547900003,"lon":-79.29510738099998,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1991-11-29","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Education","Architecture","Social History"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"Woodlawn School is a two-room rural schoolhouse in Alamance County, North Carolina, about two miles northwest of Mebane. It was built in two stages, in 1911-12 and 1913, and has weatherboard siding and an asphalt-shingle gable roof with a belfry.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the school is one of the best preserved rural schools in Alamance County and a local example of early twentieth-century rural school construction during a period of educational reform. Its design follows a Queen Anne-style plan by Raleigh architects Barrett & Thomson published by the state. It also served as a community center for decades, which the nomination presents as a second basis for significance.","narrative":"Woodlawn School is a two-room rural schoolhouse two miles northwest of Mebane in Alamance County, North Carolina. It was built in two stages, the first section in 1911-12 and a second classroom in 1913, using a Queen Anne-style plan by the Raleigh firm Barrett & Thomson published by the state Board of Education. The building has weatherboard siding, a brick foundation, an asphalt-shingle gable roof, and a belfry with a bell made at the Hillsboro Bell Company. The school's origins go back to a schoolhouse established around 1900 and a log building of 1901. Under teacher Annie Lasley, the school year was lengthened to eight months. The school is regarded as one of the best preserved rural schools in the county. In 1939, with Works Progress Administration funds, a stage was built in one classroom and the school became a community center. It continued in that role for decades, hosting Woodlawn Community, Inc. meetings and Farmers Union activities.","period_of_significance":"1911-1941","architect_builder":"Barrett & Thomson, Architects & Engineers","architectural_style":"Simplified Queen Anne","criteria":["A","C"],"status_note":"Used seasonally for baseball equipment storage and as a community center; the document says it is not used to the extent it once was and there is interest in rehabilitating it.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-haiku-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.1-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 17:11:40.818617-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/56/7188/47718856/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NC/91001745.pdf"},"photo":null,"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/47718856","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Woodlawn_School_(Mebane,_North_Carolina)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q8033034"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/north-carolina/alamance-county/woodlawn-school-91001745/"}