{"nrhp_refnum":"95001071","name":"Pembroke High School, Former","other_names":["Indian Education Resource Center"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"E of the jct. of Hwy. 711 and NC 1561","address_restricted":false,"city":"Pembroke","county":"Robeson County","state":"NC","lat":34.686226917000056,"lon":-79.20424863399995,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1995-09-01","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Engineering","Native American"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A one-story brick former high school building at the intersection of Highway 711 and State Road 1561 in Pembroke, Robeson County, North Carolina, built in 1939 as a Public Works Administration project for Native American students.","why_significant":"The nomination argues it is significant under Criterion A for Education and Ethnic Heritage (Native American). It was built to house a high school for the Lumbee and other Native American students of Robeson County after decades of educational neglect. It now serves the Indian Education Resource Center, which preserves Native American history and culture and keeps the building in community use.","narrative":"Pembroke High School is a symmetrical one-story brick school in Pembroke, North Carolina, completed in 1939 with Public Works Administration funds. Its central entrance leads to a hallway, east and west classroom wings, and an auditorium block extending from the north side. The walls are common-bond brick trimmed with sandstone, and the original nine-over-nine wooden windows survive. It was built for Native American students in Robeson County, where Lumbee children had long been schooled separately and often without adequate facilities. The county school board began planning in 1936, construction started in 1938, and classes opened in the fall of 1939. The first class graduated in 1940. It served as a high school until 1968, then as a middle school, and was abandoned by the school system in 1991. After community concern over vandalism and decay, volunteers and community service workers renovated it in 1992. It now houses the Indian Education Resource Center, with exhibits of Native American artifacts, art galleries, and classroom instruction.","period_of_significance":"1939-1945","architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Other: WPA School","criteria":["A"],"status_note":"In use as the Indian Education Resource Center, leased from the Robeson County Board of Education, after a volunteer renovation in late 1992 following years of vacancy.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:57:50.699348-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/72/7219/47721972/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NC/95001071.pdf"},"photo":null,"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/47721972","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Former_Pembroke_High_School","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q19817702"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/north-carolina/robeson-county/pembroke-high-school-former-95001071/"}