{"nrhp_refnum":"94000085","name":"Grady, B. F., School","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"N side NC 11, 0.3 mi. W of jct. with NC 111","address_restricted":false,"city":"Kornegay","county":"Duplin County","state":"NC","lat":35.05578063300004,"lon":-77.83124427199994,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1994-02-24","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Education","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A two-story brick consolidated school building in the Kornegay community of northeast Duplin County, North Carolina, completed in 1928 on a 2.5 acre nominated site along NC 11. It was designed by architect Leslie Boney Sr. and built by contractor H. W. Hudson Jr.","why_significant":"The school is one of only two of the four consolidated schools built in Duplin County in the 1920s that survive. It is significant locally for education, as a large rural consolidation-era school that also served as a community center during the Depression and World War II. It is also significant for architecture as an intact, well-preserved example of the Neoclassical Revival style used for schools of that era.","narrative":"Built in 1928 near Kornegay in northeast Duplin County, B. F. Grady School is a large two-story brick schoolhouse in the Neoclassical Revival style, designed by Wilmington architect Leslie Boney Sr. and built by H. W. Hudson Jr. It replaced about a dozen small rural schools during the statewide consolidation movement of the 1920s. The building has a three-bay classical portico, six-over-six wooden windows, an arched entrance with a fanlight, and an auditorium seating about 270. Additions in 1938, 1947 and 1950 were made to match the original design, and interior finishes remain original. Beyond classroom use, the school served as a community center, hosting draft registration, ration book distribution, Red Cross classes and veterans' farm training during the Depression and World War II. It is one of only two surviving consolidated schools of its kind in the county, which is why it was recognized for its local educational and architectural importance.","period_of_significance":"1928-1943","architect_builder":"Boney, Leslie Sr. (architect); Hudson, H.W. Jr. (contractor)","architectural_style":"Classical Revival (described in the text as Neoclassical Revival)","criteria":["A","C"],"status_note":"The school was still serving grades one through eight, but the text says it will be closed when a new elementary school under construction beside it opens, and its future is highly uncertain. The interior is basically unaltered.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:57:50.241551-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/23/7200/47720023/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NC/94000085.pdf"},"photo":null,"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/47720023","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/B._F._Grady_School","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4833973"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/north-carolina/duplin-county/grady-b-f-school-94000085/"}