Church Street School (Thomasville, North Carolina)
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Church Street School is a historic school building for African-American students located at Thomasville, Davidson County, North Carolina. It was built in 1935–1937, and is a two-story, "T"-shaped, Colonial Revival style brick building. A two-story auditorium projects from the rear of the main building. Two-story wings built in 1951 flank the original building. A gymnasium was built the same year. Some funding for school construction was provided by the
Public Works Administration The Public Works Administration (PWA), part of the New Deal of 1933, was a large-scale public works construction agency in the United States headed by Secretary of the Interior Harold L. Ickes. It was created by the National Industrial Recove ...
. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1990.


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Historically segregated African-American schools in North Carolina Public Works Administration in North Carolina School buildings on the National Register of Historic Places in North Carolina Colonial Revival architecture in North Carolina School buildings completed in 1937 Buildings and structures in Davidson County, North Carolina National Register of Historic Places in Davidson County, North Carolina Thomasville, North Carolina {{DavidsonCountyNC-NRHP-stub