{"nrhp_refnum":"96001443","name":"Ware Creek School","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"E side of NC 1103, .3 mi. SE of jct. with NC 1112","address_restricted":false,"city":"Blounts Creek","county":"Beaufort County","state":"NC","lat":35.42008960900006,"lon":-76.93818702399994,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1996-12-06","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Black","Architecture","Education"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A one-story Rosenwald school building on Maul's Point Road in the Blount's Creek district of rural Beaufort County, North Carolina. It was funded in 1919 and dedicated in 1921 and served as an African American elementary school.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the school is an exceptionally intact example of the Julius Rosenwald Fund's standardized school designs and reflects segregated-era education and community efforts for African American children. It is also described as possibly an experimental prototype in the development of the Fund's plans.","narrative":"Ware Creek School is a one-story frame building on Maul's Point Road in the Blount's Creek district of rural Beaufort County, North Carolina. Funded in 1919 and dedicated in 1921, it has three main classrooms set side by side, a projecting front industrial classroom under a gable roof, and flanking cloakrooms. Its brick piers, clapboard walls, standing-seam metal roof and banks of six-over-six windows reflect the Julius Rosenwald Fund's standardized plans, which emphasized daylight and efficient layout. Local black residents raised part of the construction cost, with county and Rosenwald Fund support. The school operated as a public school until 1952 and then continued as a community center, and the nomination describes it as one of the best-preserved Rosenwald schools in North Carolina. Its interior retains original layout, German siding and classroom partitions, with only minor alterations such as added restrooms and a stage. The building is significant for its education role and for its close match to the Fund's published school designs.","period_of_significance":"1921-1946","architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Craftsman","criteria":["A","C"],"status_note":"Used as a community center since the school closed in 1952 and sold to local citizens in 1954.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-haiku-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.1-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 17:11:40.657665-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/23/7190/47719023/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NC/96001443.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/96001443/3bae92717b-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/96001443/3bae92717b-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Tradewinds","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Ware_Creek_School.JPG\" rel=\"noopener\">Tradewinds</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY-SA 3.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Ware_Creek_School.JPG"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/47719023","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ware_Creek_School","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q18159135"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/north-carolina/beaufort-county/ware-creek-school-96001443/"}